Additional vaccine administration cost in Lancaster, PA
In Lancaster, PA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for vaccine administration fee, each additional vaccine at the same visit: from $4.06 to $67.80, with a median of $64.80. The lowest listed price is at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center — $60.74 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $14.02 at 58 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 90472, 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 Lancaster, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center lowest Lancaster, PA · (223) 287-9000 90472 IMMUNIZATION ADMIN EACH ADD Tech | $4.06 | $14.00 | $5.05–$11.20 | 71% | — source file |
| Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata, PA · (717) 733-0311 Administration of Vaccine, Each Additional Vaccine | $64.80 | $81.00 | $12.50–$76.38 | 20% | — source file |
| UPMC Lititz Lititz, PA · (717) 625-2000 HC IMMUN ADMIN - EA ADD'L VACCINE | $67.80 | $113.00 | $0.56–$96.05 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $4.06, median $64.80, highest $67.80 — a 16.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $64.80. 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 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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
This code bills giving the second and each later vaccine at the same visit. The first shot uses 90471.
What the price covers
The price is for giving one additional shot, without the vaccine.