Vaccines CPT 90656 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Flu shot cost in Shelby, NC — inpatient

In Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for flu shot, standard dose, preservative-free, for age 6 months and older as an inpatient: from $20.00 to $20.00, with a median of $20.00. Across North Carolina, the median is $68.50 at 33 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 90656, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 1, 2025 and Dec 1, 2025.

Lowest$20.00Atrium Health Cleveland
Median$20.00half pay less
Highest$20.00in this market
Difference1.0×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 Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC.

median
Lowest $20.00Highest $49.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Atrium Health Cleveland lowest Shelby, NC · (704) 487-3000 FLU VACCINE TS 2024-25(6MOS UP)(PF) 45 MCG(15MCG X3)/0.5 ML IM SYRINGE $20.00 $40.00 $12.12–$38.00 50% Dec 1, 2025
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Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby, NC · (704) 487-3000 HC INFLUENZA VAC 36MONTHS & UP INJ $49.60 $99.20 $30.06–$94.24 50% Dec 1, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $20.00, median $20.00, highest $20.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $20.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.