Hepatitis A vaccine (child) cost in Bakersfield, CA — inpatient
In Bakersfield-Delano, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for hepatitis A vaccine, child and teen dose (2-dose schedule) as an inpatient: from $50.83 to $58.36, with a median of $53.00. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital — $2.17 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $73.92 at 70 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 90633, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Bakersfield-Delano, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital lowest Bakersfield, CA · (661) 632-5000 HEP A VACC 720U/0.5MLPDIM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $50.83 | $137.00 | $54.80–$109.60 | 63% |
| Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Ridgecrest, CA · (760) 446-3551 Potassium chloride 20meq/10ml vial File of Sep 11, 2026 · source file | $53.00 | $100.00 | — | 47% |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield, CA · (661) 327-1792 HEP A VACC 25U/0.5MLPEDIM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $58.36 | $159.00 | $63.60–$125.61 | 63% |
Inpatient: lowest $50.83, median $53.00, highest $58.36 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $55.68 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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
This is the hepatitis A vaccine in the dose for children and teens (Havrix or Vaqta). It is two doses, six months apart, starting at 12 months of age.
What the price covers
The price is for the vaccine dose. Giving the shot is usually a separate line (code 90471 for the first vaccine of the visit, 90472 for each additional one).
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90633 ($78.25). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Ridgecrest Regional Hospital Ridgecrest, CAPrednisone 10mg tab | $5.30 | file |