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Chickenpox Vaccine

Alabama rates for HCPCS 90716

The chickenpox vaccine, a live weakened virus vaccine given as an injection under the skin to protect against varicella infection. This covers the vaccine product itself; the visit and the act of giving the injection are billed separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chickenpox Vaccine cost?

$162

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $158 to $195.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $158 to $162Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $191 to $229
$200facility $162professional $195

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
5 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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 549.5 times more in Arizona than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alabama· 49th of 51

$162

AZ $275RI $0.50

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.