DTaP-polio booster (age 4-6) cost in Boston, MA
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for DTaP and polio booster for ages 4 to 6 (Kinrix, Quadracel): from $55.30 to $345.65, with a median of $345.65. The lowest listed price is at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital — $290.35 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $345.65 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 90696, 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 Jan 28, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital lowest Brockton, MA · (508) 941-7000 VACC; DTAP-IPV 4-6YRS (PRCHSD) File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file | $55.30 | $79.00 | $29.23–$72.70 | 30% |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 HC Pbb Dtap-Ipv Vaccine Child 4-6 Yrs for Im Use source file | $345.65 | $493.79 | $0.01–$493.79 | 30% |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 HC Pbb Dtap-Ipv Vaccine Child 4-6 Yrs for Im Use source file | $345.65 | $493.79 | $172.83–$493.79 | 30% |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 HC Pbb Dtap-Ipv Vaccine Child 4-6 Yrs for Im Use source file | $345.65 | $493.79 | $172.83–$533.94 | 30% |
Outpatient: lowest $55.30, median $345.65, highest $345.65 — a 6.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $345.65. 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 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
Kinrix and Quadracel combine the last childhood doses of DTaP and polio in one shot, given at ages 4 to 6 before school.
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 90696 ($100.00). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MAHC Kinrix Susp. | $0.01 | file |