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Flu Vaccine, Preservative-Free, 0.25 mL Dose

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

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

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$22.91$20.42 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$21.88 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $19 to $3,802Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $19 to $34
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $39professional $23

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
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.39
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$63.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$63.10
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$1.95

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Alabama than in Connecticut. 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$22.91

AL $38.90CT $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.