Polio vaccine (IPV) cost in Boston, MA
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 9 hospitals list a cash price for polio vaccine, inactivated (IPV): from $49.95 to $193.10, with a median of $93.00. The lowest listed price is at Boston Medical Center — $43.05 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $90.87 at 17 hospitals.
Cash prices at 9 facilities across 7 cities for code 90713, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Medical Center lowest Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 HC Poliomyelitis Immunizatn,Inactv,Sub-Q | $49.95 | $111.00 | $25.97–$512.54 | 55% | — source file |
| Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA · (617) 789-3000 POLIOVIRUS VACCINE 40 UNIT-8 UNIT-32 UNIT/0.5 ML INJECTION SUSPENSION | $70.31 | $156.25 | $25.97–$475.07 | 55% | — source file |
| Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 POLIOVIRUS VACCINE 40 UNIT-8 UNIT-32 UNIT/0.5 ML INJECTION SUSPENSION | $70.31 | $156.25 | $25.97–$512.54 | 55% | — source file |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · (781) 744-5100 HC RX VACCINE POLIOVIRUS | $72.00 | $72.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - Tobey Hospital Campus Wareham, MA · (508) 679-3131 POLIOVIRUS VACCINE INACTIVATED IJ SUSP | $90.87 | $181.73 | $0.50–$411.86 | 50% | — source file |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA · (617) 665-1000 HC Ipv Vaccine, Im/Sc | $93.00 | $93.00 | $51.15–$114.30 | — | — source file |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Brockton, MA · (508) 941-7000 VACC; POLIOVIRUS IPV (PRCHSD) | $133.03 | $190.04 | $43.27–$105.47 | 30% | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 HC Pbb Poliomyelitis Immunizatn Inactv Sub-Q | $193.07 | $275.82 | $25.97–$530.75 | 30% | — source file |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 HC Pbb Poliomyelitis Immunizatn Inactv Sub-Q | $193.07 | $275.82 | $0.01–$275.82 | 30% | — source file |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 HC Pbb Poliomyelitis Immunizatn Inactv Sub-Q | $193.10 | $275.85 | $0.01–$275.85 | 30% | — source file |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 POLIOVIRUS VACCINE 40 UNIT-8 UNIT-32 UNIT/0.5 ML I | $1,145.68 | $1,636.69 | $259.70–$1,769.75 | 30% | — source file |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 POLIOVIRUS VACCINE 40 UNIT-8 UNIT-32 UNIT/0.5 ML I | $1,145.68 | $1,636.69 | $259.70–$1,636.69 | 30% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $49.95, median $93.00, highest $193.10 — a 3.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $113.02. 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 7 of 8 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
This is the inactivated polio vaccine (IPOL), the only polio vaccine used in the US. Children get four doses: at 2 and 4 months, at 6 to 18 months and at 4 to 6 years. Adults who were never vaccinated, or who travel to places with polio, may need doses too.
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 90713 ($86.18). 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.
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MAPOLIOVIRUS VACCINE 40 UNIT-8 UNIT-32 UNIT/0.5 ML I | $0.01 | file |