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Vaccines CPT 90471 Outpatient

Vaccine administration fee cost in New Orleans, LA

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 12 hospitals list a cash price for vaccine administration fee (giving the shot), first vaccine of the visit: from $6.30 to $65.34, with a median of $22.64. The lowest listed price is at Lakeside Hospital and 2 other hospitals — $16.34 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $40.38 at 54 hospitals.

  • The median here, $22.64, is 61% below the US median of $58.54.
  • That is 0.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($73.56).
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 12 facilities across 5 cities for code 90471, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026.

Lowest$6.30Lakeside Hospital + 2 more
Median$22.64half of hospitals charge less
Highest$65.34in this market
Difference10.4×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median
Lowest $6.30Highest $65.34

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Lakeside Hospital lowest Metairie, LA · (504) 988-5263 Administration of 1 Vaccine+4 more lines at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $6.30 $45.00 $10.76–$95.13 86%
East Jefferson General Hospital lowest Metairie, LA · (504) 988-5263 Administration Pneumococcal Vaccination+4 more lines at this price File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $6.30 $45.00 $10.76–$95.13 86%
Tulane Medical Center lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 988-5263 Administration Hepatitis B Vaccination+4 more lines at this price File of Jun 25, 2026 · source file $6.30 $45.00 $10.76–$95.13 86%
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 PR IMMUNIZ ADMIN,1 SINGLE/COMB VAC/TOXOID File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $9.46 $43.00 $19.31–$115.61 78%
St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 HC IMMUNIZATION ADMINISTRATION 1 VACCINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $17.82 $66.00 $19.31–$65.35 73%
Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LA · (504) 897-8247 Administration of 1 Vaccine File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $17.92 $128.00 $102.15–$96.00 86%
Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LA · (504) 897-8247 Inj Vacc Admn Smallpox&Monkeypox 0.5ml Subq File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $26.04 $186.00 $102.15–$94.67 86%
West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LA · (504) 347-5511 Inj Vacc Admn Smallpox&Monkeypox 0.5ml Subq File of Jun 30, 2026 · source file $27.36 $171.00 $114.75–$98.67 84%
New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 592-6600 Inj Vacc Admn Smallpox&Monkeypox 0.5ml Subq File of Jun 24, 2026 · source file $31.20 $195.00 $100.81–$94.51 84%
Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 899-9511 Inj Vacc Admn Smallpox&Monkeypox 0.5ml Subq File of Jun 24, 2026 · source file $32.13 $119.00 $110.67–$83.30 73%
New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 592-6600 Administration Flu Virus Vaccination+3 more lines at this price File of Jun 24, 2026 · source file $33.60 $210.00 $100.81–$94.51 84%
St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette, LA · (504) 826-9500 HC IMMUNIZATION ADMINISTRATION 1 VACCINE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $34.24 $107.00 $19.31–$136.15 68%
St Charles Surgical Hospital New Orleans, LA · (504) 529-6600 ADMINISTRATION FLU VACCIN File of Aug 17, 2026 · source file $62.42 $177.00 $65.90–$81.07 65%
University Med Center New Orleans, LA · (504) 702-3000 Inj Vacc Admn Smallpox&Monkeypox 0.5ml Subq File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file $65.34 $297.00 $102.52–$93.85 78%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Outpatient: lowest $6.30, median $22.64, highest $65.34 — a 10.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $34.24. 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 12 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 11 it is 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 vaccine administration fee is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Vaccine administration fee explained.

15 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90471 ($62.00). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LAAdministration Pneumococcal Vaccination $2.10 file
Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LAAdministration Flu Virus Vaccination $2.10 file
Touro Infirmary New Orleans, LAAdministration Hepatitis B Vaccination $2.10 file
West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LAAdministration of 1 Vaccine $2.35 file
West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LAAdministration Pneumococcal Vaccination $2.35 file
West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LAAdministration Hepatitis B Vaccination $2.35 file
West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero, LAAdministration Flu Virus Vaccination $2.35 file
University Med Center New Orleans, LAAdministration Hepatitis B Vaccination $3.23 file
University Med Center New Orleans, LAAdministration Flu Virus Vaccination $3.23 file
University Med Center New Orleans, LAAdministration Pneumococcal Vaccination $3.23 file
University Med Center New Orleans, LAAdministration of 1 Vaccine $3.23 file
Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LAAdministration of 1 Vaccine $4.05 file
Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LAAdministration Hepatitis B Vaccination $4.05 file
Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LAAdministration Pneumococcal Vaccination $4.05 file
Childrens Hospital New Orleans, LAAdministration Flu Virus Vaccination $4.05 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.