Vaccines CPT 90648 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hib vaccine (ActHIB/Hiberix) cost in Eureka, CA — inpatient

In Eureka-Arcata, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for hib vaccine (Haemophilus influenzae type b), 4-dose schedule (ActHIB, Hiberix) as an inpatient: from $89.77 to $180.35, with a median of $135.06. The lowest listed price is at Providence St Joseph Hospital — $45.29 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $37.12 at 123 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 90648, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 22, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$89.77Providence St Joseph Hospital
Median$135.06half of hospitals charge less
Highest$180.35in this market
Difference2.0×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 Eureka-Arcata, CA.

median
Lowest $89.77Highest $180.35

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Providence St Joseph Hospital lowest Eureka, CA · (707) 445-8121 HAEMOPHILUS B POLYSACCHARIDE CONJUGATE VACCINE FOR INJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $89.77 $176.02 — 49%
Mad River Community Hospital Arcata, CA · (707) 822-3621 HAEMOPHILUS B CONJUGATE VACC PED 0.5ML File of Jul 22, 2025 · source file $180.35 $180.35 — —
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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $89.77, median $135.06, highest $180.35 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $130.97 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This Hib vaccine (ActHIB or Hiberix) protects against Haemophilus influenzae type b, which caused meningitis in young children before vaccination. It is a four-dose series: at 2, 4 and 6 months and at 12 to 15 months.

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).