Polio vaccine (IPV) cost in Lubbock, TX
In Lubbock, TX, 4 hospitals list a cash price for polio vaccine, inactivated (IPV): from $18.48 to $327.41, with a median of $197.10. The lowest listed price is at Covenant Hospital Levelland — $178.62 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $333.03 at 111 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 Apr 1, 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 Lubbock, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Hospital Levelland lowest Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC PR RX POLIOVIRUS VACCINE INACTIVATED SQ/IM 0.5 ML | $18.48 | $44.00 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cochran Memorial Hospital Morton, TX · (806) 266-5565 VAC - POLIOVIRUS INACTIVATED [0.5 ML] | $88.00 | $88.00 | $57.20–$88.00 | — | — source file |
| University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 POLIO VACCINE 0.5ML INJ | $306.20 | $306.20 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, IPV INJ SUSP | $327.41 | $779.54 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, IPV INJ SUSP | $327.41 | $779.54 | — | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $18.48, median $197.10, highest $327.41 — a 17.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $197.10. 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
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 ($87.00). 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 IPV STATE | $0.01 | file |