go back

Giving a Vaccine Injection

Virginia rates for HCPCS 90471

The clinician's work of giving an injected vaccine: checking the patient, preparing and administering the dose, and observing afterwards. It covers the first injected vaccine at a visit, and any further vaccines given the same day are billed separately. The vaccine product itself is charged on its own.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Giving a Vaccine Injection cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.88$16.22 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$15.14 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $10 to $550Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $10 to $50
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $29professional $22

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$29.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$33.88

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Vermont than in Kansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Virginia· 35th of 51

$21.88

VT $75.86KS $14.13

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.