Vaccines CPT 90698 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Pentacel (DTaP-IPV/Hib) cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for DTaP, polio and Hib combination vaccine (Pentacel) as an inpatient: from $174.72 to $474.40, with a median of $190.00. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara and 1 other hospital — $15.28 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $208.29 at 75 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 90698, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$174.72Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara + 1 more

Median$190.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$474.40in this market

Difference2.7×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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

median

Lowest $174.72Highest $474.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara lowest Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 DTAP-IPV/HIB VACCINE FOR INTRAMUSCULAR USE source file	$174.72	$312.00	—	44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose lowest San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 DTAP-IPV/HIB VACCINE FOR INTRAMUSCULAR USE source file	$174.72	$312.00	—	44%
El Camino Hospital Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 diphtheria-tetanus-polio-haemophilus B vaccine per 0.5 mL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$205.27	$821.08	—	75%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 PENTACEL vaccine ACTHIB component (2 of 2) 10 mcg/0.5 mL Recon soln 1 Each VIAL+1 more line at this price source file	$224.31	$400.55	—	44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 dip-pert(a)-tet-polio-hib (PF) vaccine 15Lf-20mcg-5Lf- 62 DU/0.5 mL Kit 1 Each KIT+1 more line at this price source file	$224.31	$400.55	—	44%
Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Dtap-Ipv/Hib Vacc Im Dose File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$474.40	$1,186.00	—	60%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $174.72, median $190.00, highest $474.40 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $190.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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).