Vaccines CPT 90472 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Additional vaccine administration cost in St. Louis, MO — inpatient

In St. Louis, MO-IL, 6 hospitals list a cash price for vaccine administration fee, each additional vaccine at the same visit as an inpatient: from $24.00 to $87.12, with a median of $43.07. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Lincoln and 1 other hospital — $19.07 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $45.83 at 28 hospitals.

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 6 cities for code 90472, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 12, 2026 and Jun 12, 2026.

Lowest$24.00Mercy Hospital Lincoln + 1 more
Median$43.07half pay less
Highest$87.12in this market
Difference3.6×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 St. Louis, MO-IL.

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Lowest $24.00Highest $87.12

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Im Adm Prq ID Subq/Im Njxs Ea Vaccine $24.00 $32.00 $16.00–$28.80 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Im Adm Prq ID Subq/Im Njxs Ea Vaccine $24.00 $32.00 $16.00–$28.80 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Im Adm Prq ID Subq/Im Njxs Ea Vaccine $24.00 $32.00 $16.00–$28.80 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Im Adm Prq ID Subq/Im Njxs Ea Vaccine $24.00 $32.00 $16.00–$28.80 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Im Adm Prq ID Subq/Im Njxs Ea Vaccine $24.00 $32.00 $16.00–$28.80 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Mercy Hospitals East Communities lowest Washington, MO Im Adm Prq ID Subq/Im Njxs Ea Vaccine $24.00 $32.00 $16.00–$28.80 25% Jun 12, 2026
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Gateway Regional Medical Center Granite City, IL · (618) 798-3000 IMM ADM INJ EA ADD $29.25 $48.75 $48.75 40% —
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St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC IMMUN ADMIN EA ADD VACC $56.88 $79.00 $22.12–$79.00 28% —
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St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 HC IMMUN ADMIN EA ADD VACC $69.84 $97.00 $27.16–$97.00 28% —
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St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL · (618) 651-2600 IMMUNIZATION ADMIN EACH ADD $87.12 $121.00 $24.20–$121.00 28% —
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Inpatient: lowest $24.00, median $43.07, highest $87.12 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $33.15 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 6 of 6 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.