Vaccines CPT 90716 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) cost in Albany, OR — inpatient

In Albany, OR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) vaccine, live (Varivax) as an inpatient: from $204.00 to $526.78, with a median of $365.39. The lowest listed price is at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital — $161.39 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $233.60 at 20 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 90716, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 31, 2026 and Jan 31, 2026.

Lowest$204.00Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital
Median$365.39half pay less
Highest$526.78in this market
Difference2.6×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 Albany, OR.

median
Lowest $204.00Highest $553.02

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital lowest Lebanon, OR · (541) 258-2101 HC VARICELLA VACCINE (CHICKENPOX) $204.00 $255.00 $73.95–$247.35 20% Jan 31, 2026
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Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital lowest Lebanon, OR · (541) 258-2101 HC VARICELLA VACCINE (CHICKENPOX) $204.00 $255.00 $73.95–$247.35 20% Jan 31, 2026
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Albany General Hospital Albany, OR · (541) 812-4000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML SC INJ $526.78 $658.47 $329.24–$642.01 20% Jan 31, 2026
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Albany General Hospital Albany, OR · (541) 812-4000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML SC INJ $526.78 $658.47 $329.24–$642.01 20% Jan 31, 2026
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Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, OR · (541) 258-2101 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML SC INJ $526.78 $658.47 $190.96–$638.72 20% Jan 31, 2026
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Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, OR · (541) 258-2101 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML SC INJ $526.78 $658.47 $190.96–$638.72 20% Jan 31, 2026
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Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, OR · (541) 258-2101 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML IJ SUSR $553.02 $691.28 $200.47–$670.54 20% Jan 31, 2026
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Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, OR · (541) 258-2101 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML IJ SUSR $553.02 $691.28 $200.47–$670.54 20% Jan 31, 2026
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Albany General Hospital Albany, OR · (541) 812-4000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML IJ SUSR $553.02 $691.28 $345.64–$674.00 20% Jan 31, 2026
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Albany General Hospital Albany, OR · (541) 812-4000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML IJ SUSR $553.02 $691.28 $345.64–$674.00 20% Jan 31, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $204.00, median $365.39, highest $526.78 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $204.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 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

The chickenpox (varicella) vaccine protects against chickenpox. Children get two doses; teens and adults without evidence of immunity get two doses 4 to 8 weeks apart.

What the price covers

The price is for one dose.

2 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90716 ($272.25). 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.

Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, ORHC VFC - VARICELLA $17.60 file
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, ORHC VFC - VARICELLA $17.60 file