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Live Shingles Vaccine, Injected Under The Skin

Virginia rates for HCPCS 90736

A vaccine against shingles made from weakened live virus, given as an injection into the fatty layer just under the skin. It reduces the chance of developing shingles and the lasting nerve pain that can follow it. It is given as a single dose to adults.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Live Shingles Vaccine, Injected Under The Skin cost?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $219 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 5 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$219$219 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$219 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,096Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $186 to $269
$200$500$1Kfacility $219professional $219

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
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in Colorado. 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.

Virginia· 20th of 51

$219

AK $316CO $186

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.