Vaccine administration fee cost in McAllen, TX
In McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, 1 hospital lists a cash price for vaccine administration fee (giving the shot), first vaccine of the visit: from $7.20 to $7.20, with a median of $7.20. Across Texas, the median is $77.50 at 101 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 90471, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 6, 2025 and Oct 6, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital lowest Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Hchg Adm Immun>19yrs Int | $7.20 | $36.00 | $165.82 | 80% | Oct 6, 2025 source file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital lowest Edinburg, TX · (361) 694-5041 Hchg Adm Immun Ini WO Counsel | $7.20 | $36.00 | $165.82 | 80% | Oct 6, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $7.20, median $7.20, highest $7.20.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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
Code 90471 is the administration fee for giving a vaccine by injection, for the first vaccine of the visit. Each additional vaccine at the same visit uses 90472. It does not include the vaccine itself.
What the price covers
The price covers the staff time and supplies to give the shot. The vaccine dose is a separate line with its own code.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90471 ($52.50). 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.
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Edinburg, TXHchg Adm Immun>19 Init | $5.04 | file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Edinburg, TXHchg Adm Immun >19yrs Int | $5.04 | file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Edinburg, TXAdmin Immunization Intial | $5.04 | file |
| Driscoll Children’s Hospital Edinburg, TXImmunization Adm | $5.04 | file |