Vaccines CPT 90656 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Flu shot cost in Bangor, ME — inpatient

In Bangor, ME, 2 hospitals list a cash price for flu shot, standard dose, preservative-free, for age 6 months and older as an inpatient: from $7.46 to $12.78, with a median of $10.12. The lowest listed price is at Eastern Maine Medical Center — $2.66 less than the median here. Across Maine, the median is $22.17 at 18 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 90656, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$7.46Eastern Maine Medical Center
Median$10.12half pay less
Highest$12.78in this market
Difference1.7×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 Bangor, ME.

median
Lowest $7.46Highest $12.78

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 INFLUENZA VAC PF TIV 0.5 ML $7.46 $35.51 $23.08–$26.49 79% —
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Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 INFLUENZA VAC PF 0.5ML TIV PF $7.46 $35.51 $23.08–$26.49 79% —
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Acadia Hospital Bangor, ME · (207) 973-6100 INFLUENZA VAC PF 0.5ML TIV PF $12.78 $35.51 $26.56–$34.44 64% —
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Inpatient: lowest $7.46, median $10.12, highest $12.78 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $10.12 — 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

A standard-dose flu shot protects against the influenza strains expected in the coming season, and the formula changes every year. This code is the preservative-free version given to most people.

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); Medicare bills use G0008 instead.