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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 July 2026.

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

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 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 $21.88 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 8 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$21.88$19.50 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$21.88 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $19 to $58Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $18 to $35
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $22professional $22

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
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.88

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th of 51

$21.88

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.