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Pandemic Influenza Vaccine, Injected

California rates for HCPCS 90668

A vaccine against a pandemic strain of influenza, made from inactivated flu virus that has been split apart. It is given as an injection into a muscle, usually in the upper arm. It is intended for use during an influenza pandemic rather than as the routine seasonal shot.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pandemic Influenza Vaccine, Injected cost?

$39.81

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $39.81 to $39.81.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $40 to $40
$50$100$200professional $40

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
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where California sits

The same service costs 295120.9 times more in Massachusetts than in South Dakota. 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.

California· 17th of 35

$39.81

MA $5,888SD $0.02

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.