RSV antibody shot for babies cost in Boston, MA
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for RSV antibody shot for infants, seasonal dose (0.5 mL): from $568.35 to $2,593.90, with a median of $1,989.03. The lowest listed price is at Boston Medical Center — $1,420.68 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $1,989.03 at 4 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 90380, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Medical Center lowest Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 HC Rsv Monoc Antb Seasn .5ml Im | $568.35 | $1,263.00 | $431.24–$1,073.55 | 55% | — source file |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 NIRSEVIMAB-ALIP 50 MG/0.5 ML INTRAMUSCULAR SYRINGE | $1,384.16 | $1,977.37 | $501.46–$1,977.37 | 30% | — source file |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 HC Pbb Imm Rsv Monoc Antb Seasn .5ml Im | $2,593.90 | $3,705.57 | $501.46–$3,705.57 | 30% | — source file |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 HC Pbb Imm Rsv Monoc Antb Seasn .5ml Im | $2,593.90 | $3,705.57 | $0.01–$3,705.57 | 30% | — source file |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 HC Pbb Imm Rsv Monoc Antb Seasn .5ml Im | $2,593.90 | $3,705.57 | $491.90–$4,006.83 | 30% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $568.35, median $1,989.03, highest $2,593.90 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,989.03. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This is a ready-made RSV antibody shot for babies, given before or during their first RSV season to prevent severe illness. The 0.5 mL dose is for smaller infants; the larger dose has its own code (90381).
What the price covers
The price is for the antibody dose. Giving the shot is billed separately, usually with code 96380 or 96381 rather than the vaccine injection code 90471.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90380 ($980.10). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Boston Medical Center South Brockton, MAHC Rsv Monoc Antb Seasn .5ml Im | $0.01 | file |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MANIRSEVIMAB-ALIP 50 MG/0.5 ML INTRAMUSCULAR SYRINGE | $0.01 | file |