Pneumonia vaccine (Prevnar 13) cost in Boston, MA
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 13 hospitals list a cash price for pneumonia vaccine, 13-valent conjugate (Prevnar 13): from $260.00 to $2,306.00, with a median of $565.00. The lowest listed price is at Cambridge Health Alliance — $305.00 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $549.65 at 11 hospitals.
Cash prices at 13 facilities across 13 cities for code 90670, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Sep 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Health Alliance lowest Cambridge, MA · (617) 665-1000 HC Pneumoc Conj Vac 13 source file | $260.00 | $260.00 | $165.36–$578.59 | — |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Brockton, MA · (508) 941-7000 VACC; PCV13, IM (PRCHSD) File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file | $284.90 | $407.00 | $150.59–$325.62 | 30% |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · (781) 744-5100 HC RX PNEUMOCOCCL VACCINE (PREVNAR13) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $390.00 | $390.00 | — | — |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 HC Pbb Pcv13 Vaccine for Intramuscular Use source file | $549.50 | $785.00 | $236.71–$785.00 | 30% |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 HC Pbb Pcv13 Vaccine for Intramuscular Use source file | $549.50 | $785.00 | $0.01–$785.00 | 30% |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 HC Pbb Pcv13 Vaccine for Intramuscular Use source file | $549.65 | $785.22 | $249.35–$849.06 | 30% |
| Winchester Hospital Winchester, MA · (781) 729-9000 HC RX PNEUMOCOCCL VACCINE (PREVNAR13) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $565.00 | $565.00 | — | — |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter, NH · (603) 778-7311 HC RX PNEUMOCOCCL VACCINE (PREVNAR13) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $692.78 | $692.78 | — | — |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Brockton, MA · (508) 941-7000 VACC; PCV13 CONJUGATE (PRCHSD) File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file | $828.34 | $1,183.34 | $252.83–$437.84 | 30% |
| Portsmouth Regional Hospital Portsmouth, NH · (603) 436-5110 PREVNAR-13 VAC IM+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,540.00 | $1,540.00 | $63.45–$1,463.00 | — |
| Dover Emergency Room Dover, NH · (603) 436-5110 PREVNAR-13 VAC IM+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,540.00 | $1,540.00 | $63.45–$1,463.00 | — |
| Seabrook Emergency Seabrook, NH · (603) 436-5110 Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 13 valent (PCV13), for intramuscular use +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,540.00 | $1,540.00 | $63.45–$1,463.00 | — |
| Plaistow Fser Plaistow, NH · (603) 421-2100 Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 13 valent (PCV13), for intramuscular use +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,306.00 | $2,306.00 | $71.26–$2,190.70 | — |
| Parkland Medical Center Derry, NH · (603) 421-2100 Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 13 valent (PCV13), for intramuscular use +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,306.00 | $2,306.00 | $71.26–$2,190.70 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $260.00, median $565.00, highest $2,306.00 — a 8.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $549.50. 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 5 of 10 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
Prevnar 13 is an older pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against 13 types of the bacteria behind pneumonia, meningitis and ear infections. Newer vaccines with more types (Vaxneuvance, Prevnar 20 and Capvaxive) have largely replaced it, but some hospitals still list it.
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, 90472 for each additional one).
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90670 ($368.74). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Medical Center Boston, MAHC Pneumococcal Conj Vaccine 13 Valent Im | $0.01 | file |