Flu shot cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for flu shot, standard dose, preservative-free, for age 6 months and older: from $75.37 to $108.39, with a median of $75.37. The lowest listed price is at Rhode Island Hospital and 1 other hospital. Across Rhode Island, the median is $75.37 at 2 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 90656, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island Hospital lowest Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 PR IIV3 VACC PRESERVATIVE FREE 0.5 ML DOSAGE IM USE | $75.37 | $75.37 | — | — | — source file |
| The Miriam Hospital lowest Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 PR IIV3 VACC PRESERVATIVE FREE 0.5 ML DOSAGE IM USE | $75.37 | $75.37 | — | — | — source file |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 FLU VACC TS2025-26 (36 MOS UP)(PF)45 MCG (15 MCG X3)/0.5 ML IM SYRINGE [216249] | $108.39 | $108.39 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $75.37, median $75.37, highest $108.39 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $75.37. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
8 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90656 ($37.72). 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.
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RIFLU VACCINE TS 2025-26(6MOS UP)(PF) 45 MCG(15MCG X3)/0.5 ML IM SYRINGE [216251] | $0.50 | file |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RIFLU VACCINE TS 2025-26(6MOS UP)(PF) 45 MCG(15MCG X3)/0.5 ML IM SYRINGE [40816193] | $0.50 | file |
| Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital East Providence, RIFLU VACCINE TS 2025-26(6MOS UP)(PF) 45 MCG(15MCG X3)/0.5 ML IM SYRINGE [40816193] | $0.50 | file |
| Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital East Providence, RIFLU VACCINE TS 2025-26(6MOS UP)(PF) 45 MCG(15MCG X3)/0.5 ML IM SYRINGE [216251] | $0.50 | file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RIFLU VACCINE TS 2025-26(6MOS UP)(PF) 45 MCG(15MCG X3)/0.5 ML IM SYRINGE [216251] | $0.50 | file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RIFLU VACCINE TS 2025-26(6MOS UP)(PF) 45 MCG(15MCG X3)/0.5 ML IM SYRINGE [40816193] | $0.50 | file |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RIFLU VACCINE TS 2025-26(6MOS UP)(PF) 45 MCG(15MCG X3)/0.5 ML IM SYRINGE [216251] | $0.50 | file |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RIFLU VACCINE TS 2025-26(6MOS UP)(PF) 45 MCG(15MCG X3)/0.5 ML IM SYRINGE [40816193] | $0.50 | file |