Chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) cost in Boston, MA
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 16 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) vaccine, live (Varivax): from $150.00 to $2,006.00, with a median of $434.82. The lowest listed price is at Cambridge Health Alliance — $284.82 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $386.91 at 21 hospitals.
- The median here, $434.82, is 66% above the US median of $262.00.
- 8 of 16 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 16 facilities across 14 cities for code 90716, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 3, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 15, 2025 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Health Alliance lowest Cambridge, MA · (617) 665-1000 HC Varivax(Chicken Pox) File of Mar 20, 2026 · source file | $150.00 | $150.00 | $95.40–$467.62 | — |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · (781) 744-5100 HC RX VARICELLA VIRUS VACC SUBC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $204.00 | $204.00 | — | — |
| Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 HC Chicken Pox Vaccine, Live, Sub-Q File of Mar 13, 2026 · source file | $210.60 | $468.00 | $66.89–$512.54 | 55% |
| Boston Medical Center Brighton Boston, MA · (617) 789-3000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP File of Mar 13, 2026 · source file | $277.99 | $617.75 | $66.89–$514.84 | 55% |
| Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP File of Mar 13, 2026 · source file | $277.99 | $617.75 | $66.89–$577.86 | 55% |
| Emerson Hospital Concord, MA · (978) 369-1400 VARICELLA (VARIVAX) 0.5ML File of May 18, 2026 · source file | $376.29 | $501.72 | $76.08–$426.46 | 25% |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - Tobey Hospital Campus Wareham, MA · (508) 679-3131 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML IJ SUSR File of Dec 15, 2025 · source file | $386.91 | $773.81 | $0.50–$588.87 | 50% |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 HC Pbb Var Vaccine Live for Subcutaneous Use File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $434.82 | $621.17 | $0.01–$621.17 | 30% |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 HC Pbb Var Vaccine Live for Subcutaneous Use File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $434.82 | $621.17 | $0.01–$621.17 | 30% |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 HC Pbb Var Vaccine Live for Subcutaneous Use File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $434.82 | $621.17 | $66.89–$671.67 | 30% |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1 350 UNIT/0.5 M File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $479.19 | $684.55 | $66.89–$740.20 | 30% |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1 350 UNIT/0.5 M File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $479.19 | $684.55 | $66.89–$684.55 | 30% |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Brockton, MA · (508) 941-7000 VACC; VARICELLA LIVE (PRCHSD) File of Jan 28, 2026 · source file | $585.23 | $836.04 | $177.68–$418.02 | 30% |
| Parkland Medical Center Derry, NH · (603) 421-2100 Varicella virus vaccine (VAR), live, for subcutaneous use +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,580.75 | $1,580.75 | $48.85–$1,580.75 | — |
| Plaistow Fser Plaistow, NH · (603) 421-2100 Varicella virus vaccine (VAR), live, for subcutaneous use +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,580.75 | $1,580.75 | $48.85–$1,580.75 | — |
| Frisbie Memorial Hospital Rochester, NH · (603) 332-5211 VARIVAX LIVE VAC SQ+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,612.00 | $1,612.00 | $132.83–$1,289.60 | — |
| Seabrook Emergency Seabrook, NH · (603) 436-5110 VARIVAX LIVE VAC SQ+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,006.00 | $2,006.00 | $82.65–$2,006.00 | — |
| Dover Emergency Room Dover, NH · (603) 436-5110 Varicella virus vaccine (VAR), live, for subcutaneous use +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,006.00 | $2,006.00 | $82.65–$2,006.00 | — |
| Portsmouth Regional Hospital Portsmouth, NH · (603) 436-5110 Varicella virus vaccine (VAR), live, for subcutaneous use +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $2,006.00 | $2,006.00 | $82.65–$2,006.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $150.00, median $434.82, highest $2,006.00 — a 13.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $277.99. 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 8 of 15 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 chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90716 ($270.00). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MAVARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1 350 UNIT/0.5 M | $0.01 | file |