Pneumonia vaccine (Prevnar 20) cost in Boston, MA — inpatient
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 7 hospitals list a cash price for pneumonia vaccine, 20-valent conjugate (Prevnar 20) as an inpatient: from $265.43 to $1,166.48, with a median of $279.90. The lowest listed price is at Cambridge Health Alliance — $14.47 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $564.35 at 15 hospitals.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 5 cities for code 90677, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Health Alliance lowest Cambridge, MA · (617) 665-1000 PNEUMOCOCCAL 20-VAL CONJ VACC 0.5 ML IM SUSY | $265.43 | $265.43 | $168.81–$668.37 | — | — source file |
| Boston Medical Center South Brockton, MA · (508) 427-3000 HC Pcv20 Vaccine Im | $279.90 | $622.00 | $297.91–$402.62 | 55% | — source file |
| Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA · (617) 789-3000 HC Pcv20 Vaccine Im | $279.90 | $622.00 | $297.91–$475.07 | 55% | — source file |
| Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 HC Pcv20 Vaccine Im | $279.90 | $622.00 | $223.92–$528.70 | 55% | — source file |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA · (617) 665-1000 HC Pcv20 Vaccine (Pneumococcal/Prevnar 20) | $283.00 | $283.00 | $179.99–$668.37 | — | — source file |
| Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 PNEUMOCOCCAL 20-VALENT CONJ VACCINE-DIP CRM (PF) 0.5 ML IM SYRINGE | $357.87 | $795.27 | $283.72–$675.98 | 55% | — source file |
| Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA · (617) 789-3000 PNEUMOCOCCAL 20-VALENT CONJ VACCINE-DIP CRM (PF) 0.5 ML IM SYRINGE | $357.87 | $795.27 | $297.91–$602.26 | 55% | — source file |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 PNEUMOCOCCAL 20-VALENT CONJ VACCINE-DIP CRM (PF) 0 | $564.33 | $806.18 | $274.22–$871.75 | 30% | — source file |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 PNEUMOCOCCAL 20-VALENT CONJ VACCINE-DIP CRM (PF) 0 | $564.35 | $806.21 | $260.31–$806.21 | 30% | — source file |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 HC Pcv20 Vaccine for Intramuscular Use | $1,166.48 | $1,666.40 | $0.01–$1,666.40 | 30% | — source file |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 HC Pcv20 Vaccine for Intramuscular Use | $1,166.48 | $1,666.40 | $260.31–$1,666.40 | 30% | — source file |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 HC Pcv20 Vaccine for Intramuscular Use | $1,166.48 | $1,666.40 | $274.22–$1,801.88 | 30% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $265.43, median $279.90, highest $1,166.48 — a 4.4× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $279.90 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 7 of 7 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 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
Prevnar 20 is a conjugate vaccine against 20 types of pneumococcus, the bacteria behind many cases of pneumonia, meningitis and blood infections. The CDC recommends a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for all adults 50 and older and for younger adults with certain conditions, usually as a single dose.
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); Medicare bills use G0009 instead.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90677 ($501.93). 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.
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MAPNEUMOCOCCAL 20-VALENT CONJ VACCINE-DIP CRM (PF) 0 | $0.01 | file |