Vaccines CPT 90698 Outpatient

Pentacel (DTaP-IPV/Hib) cost in Lubbock, TX

In Lubbock, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for DTaP, polio and Hib combination vaccine (Pentacel): from $55.44 to $578.25, with a median of $235.00. The lowest listed price is at Covenant Hospital Levelland — $179.56 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $280.15 at 133 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 90698, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$55.44Covenant Hospital Levelland
Median$235.00half pay less
Highest$578.25in this market
Difference10.4×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lubbock, TX.

median
Lowest $55.44Highest $578.25

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Covenant Hospital Levelland lowest Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC PR RX DTAP-IPV/HIB VACCINE IM 0.5 ML $55.44 $132.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Cochran Memorial Hospital Morton, TX · (806) 266-5565 VAC - DTaP-IPV-HIB [0.5 ML] $235.00 $235.00 $152.75–$235.00 — —
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Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 DIPH-AC PER-TET TOX AD-POLIOV-HAEMOPH B POLY VAC FOR IM SUSP $494.71 $1,177.89 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 DIPH-AC PER-TET TOX AD-POLIOV-HAEMOPH B POLY VAC FOR IM SUSP $578.25 $1,376.78 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $55.44, median $235.00, highest $578.25 — a 10.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $235.00. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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

Pentacel combines DTaP, polio and Hib vaccines in one shot. It is given at 2, 4 and 6 months and at 15 to 18 months.

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 90698 ($183.71). 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.

Cochran Memorial Hospital Morton, TXVAC DTAP-IPV-HIB STATE $0.01 file