Flu shot, recombinant (Flublok) cost in La Crosse, WI
In La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for flu shot, recombinant, egg-free (Flublok): from $20.83 to $76.27, with a median of $48.55. The lowest listed price is at Vernon Memorial Healthcare — $27.72 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $74.75 at 47 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 90673, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 27, 2026 and Jun 27, 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 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Memorial Healthcare lowest Viroqua, WI · (608) 637-2101 PR RIV3 VACCINE PRESERVATIVE FREE FOR IM USE source file | $20.83 | $20.83 | $81.83 | — |
| Gundersen St Josephs Hospital and Clinics Hillsboro, WI · (608) 489-8000 PR RIV3 VACCINE PRESERVATIVE FREE FOR IM USE+1 more line at this price File of Jun 27, 2026 · source file | $76.27 | $145.00 | $73.95–$137.75 | 47% |
| Vernon Memorial Healthcare Viroqua, WI · (608) 637-2101 INFLUENZA VACCINE HIGH DOSE RECOMBINANT TRIVALENT WRAPPER ORDERABLE source file | $493.77 | $493.77 | $81.83 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $20.83, median $48.55, highest $76.27 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $48.55. 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 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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).