Polio vaccine (IPV) cost in Salt Lake City, UT
In Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for polio vaccine, inactivated (IPV): from $63.00 to $281.22, with a median of $172.11. The lowest listed price is at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics — $109.11 less than the median here. Across Utah, the median is $198.17 at 6 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 90713, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics lowest Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Poliovirus Vacc, Ipv | $63.00 | $90.00 | $31.85–$46.93 | 30% | — source file |
| St Mark's Hospital Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 268-7111 Poliovirus vaccine, inactivated (IPV), for subcutaneous or intramuscular use | $281.22 | $281.22 | $217.44 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| St Mark's Hospital Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 268-7111 IPOL VAC IMSQ | $281.22 | $281.22 | $57.90–$239.04 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 POLIOVIRUS VACCINE INACTIVATED IJ INJ | $895.00 | $895.00 | $318.50–$469.30 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $63.00, median $172.11, highest $281.22 — a 4.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $63.00. 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 0 of 2 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.
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UTVfc Poliovirus Vacc, Ipv | $0.01 | file |