Vaccines CPT 90648 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hib vaccine (ActHIB/Hiberix) cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for hib vaccine (Haemophilus influenzae type b), 4-dose schedule (ActHIB, Hiberix) as an inpatient: from $14.46 to $49.06, with a median of $20.45. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation — $5.99 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $22.50 at 25 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 90648, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$14.46Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Median$20.45half pay less
Highest$49.06in this market
Difference3.4×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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median
Lowest $14.46Highest $49.06

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 HAEMOPH B POLY CONJ-TET TOX-PF 10 MCG/0.5 ML IM SOLR $14.46 $65.72 $29.54–$52.58 78% —
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Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 HAEMOPH B POLY CONJ-TET TOX-PF 10 MCG/0.5 ML IM SOLR $20.45 $73.02 $40.16–$50.38 72% —
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St Charles Parish Hospital Luling, LA · (985) 785-3644 IM 4 DOSE HIB PRP-T $49.06 $81.77 $46.04–$81.77 40% —
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Inpatient: lowest $14.46, median $20.45, highest $49.06 — a 3.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $34.76 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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 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 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).