Flu shot, recombinant (Flublok) cost in San Diego, CA
In San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for flu shot, recombinant, egg-free (Flublok): from $141.28 to $141.28, with a median of $141.28. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa and 2 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $92.32 at 53 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 90673, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa lowest San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 flu vaccine TV 2025-26 (9 yrs up) RCM (PF) 135 mcg (45 mcg x 3)/0.5 mL Syringe 0.5 mL SYRINGE source file | $141.28 | $271.70 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Zion lowest San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 flu vaccine TV 2025-26 (9 yrs up) RCM (PF) 135 mcg (45 mcg x 3)/0.5 mL Syringe 0.5 mL SYRINGE source file | $141.28 | $271.70 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos lowest San Marcos, CA · (760) 528-6295 flu vaccine TV 2025-26 (9 yrs up) RCM (PF) 135 mcg (45 mcg x 3)/0.5 mL Syringe 0.5 mL SYRINGE source file | $141.28 | $271.70 | — | 48% |
Outpatient: lowest $141.28, median $141.28, highest $141.28.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $141.28. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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).