Flu shot cost in New York, NY — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 14 hospitals list a cash price for flu shot, standard dose, preservative-free, for age 6 months and older as an inpatient: from $6.50 to $80.14, with a median of $62.16. The lowest listed price is at Mount Sinai South Nassau — $55.66 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $31.49 at 49 hospitals.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 8 cities for code 90656, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 and Apr 1, 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sinai South Nassau lowest Oceanside, NY · (516) 632-3000 Enoxaparin 30 mg/0.3 mL Syringe | $6.50 | $7.22 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York, NY · (212) 979-4000 FLU VACCINE NO PRESERV 3 YRS & | $20.48 | $22.75 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Flu Vaccine Pediatric Vial | $37.68 | $53.82 | $21.53–$26.91 | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 influenza vaccine 2024-25 (6 MONTHS+) (PF) 45 mcg/0.5 mL syringe 0.5 mL Syringe | $44.40 | $49.33 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY influenza vaccine 2024-25 (6 MONTHS+) (PF) 45 mcg/0.5 mL syringe 0.5 mL Syringe | $44.40 | $49.33 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 INFLUENZA SPLIT VIRUS TRIALENT (IIV3) PF - 0.5ML | $60.00 | $60.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 FLU VAC TRI SPLIT PROD PF.5ML | $60.00 | $60.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn, NY IIV3 VACC NO PRSV 0.5 ML IM | $62.16 | $327.15 | $1.64–$327.15 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 IIV3 VACC NO PRSV 0.5 ML IM | $62.16 | $327.15 | $1.64–$327.15 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 IIV3 VACC NO PRSV 0.5 ML IM | $62.16 | $327.15 | $1.64–$327.15 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola, NY IIV3 VACC NO PRSV 0.5 ML IM | $62.16 | $327.15 | $1.64–$327.15 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 IIV3 VACC NO PRSV 0.5 ML IM | $62.16 | $327.15 | $1.64–$327.15 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY influenza vaccine 2024-25 (6 MONTHS+) (PF) 45 mcg/0.5 mL syringe 0.5 mL Syringe | $72.09 | $80.10 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY influenza vaccine 2024-25 (6 MONTHS+) (PF) 45 mcg/0.5 mL syringe 0.5 mL Syringe | $72.09 | $80.10 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY influenza vaccine 2024-25 (6 MONTHS+) (PF) 45 mcg/0.5 mL syringe 0.5 mL Syringe | $72.09 | $80.10 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 FLUZONE 6 MONTHS AND UP PFS | $80.14 | $133.57 | $23.22–$100.18 | 40% | — source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 FLUZONE 2025-2026 SYRINGE | $80.14 | $133.57 | $23.22–$100.18 | 40% | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Influenza Vax Tri Fluarix/Flulaval 0.5ml | $123.02 | $136.69 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $6.50, median $62.16, highest $80.14 — a 12.3× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 31 facilities here, median $44.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 5 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 none is it 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90656 ($37.53). 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.
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NYFlu vac,trival,split,pf,0.5ml | $0.01 | file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NYAfluria Tri .5ml Pfs | $0.87 | file |