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Giving A Vaccine By Nose Or Mouth

Iowa rates for HCPCS 90473

Covers the act of giving a vaccine as a nasal spray, or as drops or liquid swallowed by mouth, rather than as an injection. It includes checking the person, giving the dose, and recording it. The vaccine product itself is a separate charge, as is each further vaccine given the same way at the same visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Giving A Vaccine By Nose Or Mouth cost?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$10.96 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$15.85 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $4 to $186Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $4 to $78
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $62professional $18

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$61.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$44.67
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.90

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in Rhode Island than in Maryland. 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.

Iowa· 20th of 51

$19.95

RI $45.71MD $3.02

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.