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Flu Vaccine, Preservative-Free, 0.25 mL Dose

Illinois rates for HCPCS 90685

A flu (influenza) vaccine covering four strains, given as a 0.25 mL injection into a muscle. This preparation is split-virus based and contains no preservative.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Flu Vaccine, Preservative-Free, 0.25 mL Dose cost?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$20.42$19.50 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$19.50 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $19 to $3,631Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $19 to $28
$100$1K$10Kfacility $29professional $20

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
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$64.57
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54

Where Illinois sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. 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.

Illinois· 20th of 51

$20.42

AK $28.18AR $19.50

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.