Vaccines CPT 90673 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Flu shot, recombinant (Flublok) cost in Boston, MA — inpatient

In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 5 hospitals list a cash price for flu shot, recombinant, egg-free (Flublok) as an inpatient: from $42.70 to $381.21, with a median of $381.21. The lowest listed price is at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital — $338.51 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $221.01 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 90673, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

Lowest$42.70Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital

Median$381.21half of hospitals charge less

Highest$381.21in this market

Difference8.9×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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.

median

Lowest $42.70Highest $381.21

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital lowest Brockton, MA · (508) 941-7000 FLU VACC 18+/PF EGG FREE 0.5ML File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file	$42.70	$61.00	—	30%
Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 HC Influenza Virus Vaccine Trivalen Riv3 Prsr Fr Im source file	$57.15	$127.00	$38.48–$512.54	55%
Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 HC Pbb Riv3 Vaccine Preservative Free for Im Use source file	$381.21	$544.59	$39.56–$544.59	30%
Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 HC Pbb Riv3 Vaccine Preservative Free for Im Use source file	$381.21	$544.59	$37.26–$544.59	30%
Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 HC Pbb Riv3 Vaccine Preservative Free for Im Use source file	$381.21	$544.59	$39.25–$588.87	30%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $42.70, median $381.21, highest $381.21 — a 8.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $176.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 4 of 4 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

Flublok is a recombinant flu vaccine made without eggs. The CDC prefers it, the high-dose and the adjuvanted flu shots for people 65 and older.

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).