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Meningococcal Vaccine (MenACWY) Injection

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 90734

A vaccine that protects against several types of meningococcal bacteria, a cause of meningitis and bloodstream infection that can turn life-threatening within hours. The dose is given as an injection into a muscle. It is routinely offered in the preteen years with a booster in the teens, and is often required for shared college housing or for certain travel.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Meningococcal Vaccine (MenACWY) Injection cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$182$182 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$200 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $191 to $282Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $151 to $240
$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $182

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
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Washington, DC than in Vermont. 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.

Kentucky· 15th of 51

$200

DC $363VT $126

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.