Nasal flu vaccine (FluMist) cost in Buffalo, NY
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 4 hospitals list a cash price for nasal spray flu vaccine, live (FluMist): from $22.00 to $77.00, with a median of $22.00. The lowest listed price is at Mount St. Mary's Hospital and 2 other hospitals. Across New York, the median is $43.17 at 38 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 90660, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital lowest Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 HC Pbb Laiv3 Vaccine Live for Intranasal Use source file | $22.00 | $22.00 | $8.23–$55.32 | — |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo lowest Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 HC Pbb Laiv3 Vaccine Live for Intranasal Use source file | $22.00 | $22.00 | $8.23–$55.32 | — |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital lowest Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 HC Pbb Laiv3 Vaccine Live for Intranasal Use source file | $22.00 | $22.00 | $8.23–$55.32 | — |
| Kaleida Health Buffalo, NY · (716) 859-8620 Influ Tri 0.2Ml Flumist File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $77.00 | $77.00 | — | — |
| Kaleida Health Buffalo, NY · (716) 859-8620 Influ Live Intransl Vacc File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $81.00 | $81.00 | — | — |
| Kaleida Health Buffalo, NY · (716) 859-8620 Influenza Nasal Spray File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $83.00 | $83.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $22.00, median $22.00, highest $77.00 — a 3.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $22.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 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
FluMist is a live flu vaccine sprayed into the nose instead of injected, for healthy people aged 2 to 49 who are not pregnant.
What the price covers
The price is for the vaccine dose. Giving an oral or nasal vaccine is billed as 90473 rather than the injection fee 90471; ask whether it is included.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90660 ($38.74). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Kaleida Health Buffalo, NYVfc Infl Tri .2Ml Flumist | $0.01 | file |
| Kaleida Health Buffalo, NYVfc Influ Live Nasal Vacc | $0.01 | file |