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Meningococcal Vaccine (MenACWY) Injection

North Carolina 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $269 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 7 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$151 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$229 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $151 to $417Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $126 to $302
$100$200$500facility $269professional $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
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$186

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.