Vaccines CPT 90700 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

DTaP vaccine (child) cost in Boston, MA — inpatient

In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 9 hospitals list a cash price for DTaP vaccine (diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough), under age 7 as an inpatient: from $26.62 to $125.32, with a median of $40.00. The lowest listed price is at Cambridge Health Alliance — $13.38 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $64.26 at 18 hospitals.

Cash prices at 9 facilities across 6 cities for code 90700, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$26.62Cambridge Health Alliance

Median$40.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$125.32in this market

Difference4.7×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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.

median

Lowest $26.62Highest $125.32

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Cambridge Health Alliance lowest Cambridge, MA · (617) 665-1000 DIPHTH-ACELL PERTUSSIS-TETANUS 25-58-10 LF-MCG/0.5 IM SUSP source file	$26.62	$26.62	$14.64–$73.60	—
Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 HC Dtap Immunization Im <7 Yo source file	$31.95	$71.00	$22.77–$512.54	55%
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Brockton, MA · (508) 941-7000 VACC; DTAP < 7 YRS (PRCHSD) File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file	$32.90	$47.00	—	30%
Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 DIPH,PERTUS(ACEL),TET PED(PF) 25 LF UNIT-58 MCG-10 LF/0.5ML IM SYRINGE source file	$34.27	$76.16	$22.77–$512.54	55%
Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA · (617) 789-3000 DIPH,PERTUS(ACEL),TET PED(PF) 25 LF UNIT-58 MCG-10 LF/0.5ML IM SYRINGE source file	$34.27	$76.16	$22.77–$475.07	55%
New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · (617) 754-5800 HC DTAP IMMUNIZATION IM 7< YO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$40.00	$40.00	—	—
Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 DIPH,PERTUS(ACEL),TET PEDI (PF) 15 LF UNIT-10 MCG-5 LF/0.5 ML IM SUSP source file	$44.99	$99.97	$22.77–$512.54	55%
Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 DIPH PERTUS(ACEL) TET PED(PF) 25 UNIT-58 MCG-10 LF source file	$55.40	$79.14	$20.78–$79.14	30%
Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 DIPH PERTUS(ACEL) TET PEDI (PF) 15 LF UNIT-10 MCG- source file	$73.35	$104.78	$27.52–$104.78	30%
Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 HC Pbb Dtap Immunization Im <7 Yo source file	$117.85	$168.35	$0.01–$168.35	30%
Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 HC Pbb Dtap Immunization Im <7 Yo source file	$117.85	$168.35	$22.77–$530.75	30%
Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 HC Pbb Dtap Immunization Im <7 Yo source file	$117.85	$168.35	$22.77–$168.35	30%
Exeter Hospital Exeter, NH · (603) 778-7311 HC DTAP IMMUNIZATION IM 7< YO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$125.32	$125.32	—	—

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.

No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

Inpatient: lowest $26.62, median $40.00, highest $125.32 — a 4.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $47.70 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 6 of 6 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

DTaP protects young children against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough (pertussis). Children get five doses: at 2, 4 and 6 months, at 15 to 18 months and at 4 to 6 years. Older children and adults get Tdap instead.

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 90700 ($67.47). 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 Dtap Vaccine, Im	$0.01	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.