Vaccine administration fee cost in San Juan, PR
In San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for vaccine administration fee (giving the shot), first vaccine of the visit: from $37.00 to $38.00, with a median of $37.50. The lowest listed price is at Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan — $0.50 less than the median here. Across Puerto Rico, the median is $41.50 at 4 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 — 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 San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctors' Center Hospital - San Juan lowest Santurce, PR · (787) 723-2950 Immunization Administration | $37.00 | $37.00 | $44.00 | — | — source file |
| Doctors' Center Hospital - Bayamon Bayamon, PR · (787) 622-5420 Immunization Administration | $38.00 | $38.00 | $44.00 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $37.00, median $37.50, highest $38.00.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 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 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90471 ($55.30). 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.
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