DTaP-polio booster (age 4-6) cost in Houston, TX
In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for DTaP and polio booster for ages 4 to 6 (Kinrix, Quadracel): from $25.07 to $190.00, with a median of $31.38. The lowest listed price is at Harris Health and 1 other hospital — $6.31 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $69.60 at 22 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 Sep 8, 2026 and Sep 8, 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Health lowest Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 CHG DTAP-IPV VACCINE 4-17 YEARS IM source file | $25.07 | $53.00 | $13.36–$151.10 | 53% |
| Harris Health lowest Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 CHG DTAP-IPV VACCINE 4-17 YEARS IM source file | $25.07 | $53.00 | $13.36–$151.10 | 53% |
| Sweeny Community Hospital Sweeny, TX · (979) 548-3311 Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, and polio vaccine File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $37.68 | $62.80 | $18.84–$62.80 | 40% |
| Liberty Dayton Regional Medical Center Liberty, TX · (936) 336-7316 90696 Kinrix Vaccine source file | $190.00 | $271.00 | $163.00–$257.00 | 30% |
Outpatient: lowest $25.07, median $31.38, highest $190.00 — a 7.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $25.07. 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).