Vaccines CPT 90656 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Flu shot cost in Watertown, NY — inpatient

In Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for flu shot, standard dose, preservative-free, for age 6 months and older as an inpatient: from $52.31 to $52.31, with a median of $52.31. Across New York, the median is $31.08 at 71 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 90656, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 2, 2026 and Feb 2, 2026.

Lowest$52.31Samaritan Medical Center
Median$52.31half pay less
Highest$52.31in 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 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY.

median
Lowest $52.31Highest $54.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Samaritan Medical Center lowest St. Watertown, NY · (315) 785-4000 FLUZONE VACCINE TRI PF(25-26) 0.5ML SYRINGE $52.31 $52.31 $41.85 — Feb 2, 2026
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Samaritan Medical Center St. Watertown, NY · (315) 785-4000 INFLUENZA TRI VAC 0.5 ML 25-26 $54.50 $54.50 $43.60 — Feb 2, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $52.31, median $52.31, highest $52.31.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $52.31 — 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 not 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.