Chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) cost in Harrisburg, PA
In Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) vaccine, live (Varivax): from $65.31 to $90.57, with a median of $77.94. The lowest listed price is at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center — $12.63 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $243.60 at 33 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 90716, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center lowest Camp Hill, PA · (717) 763-2100 varicella vaccine 0.5 mL SDV inj. | $65.31 | $273.38 | $98.52–$218.70 | 76% | — source file |
| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA · (717) 531-8521 varicella vaccine 0.5 mL SDV inj. | $90.57 | $273.38 | $49.21–$218.70 | 67% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $65.31, median $77.94, highest $90.57 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $77.94. 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 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 1 it is 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA90716 Admin Of Varicella Vaccine VFC MAHMO 02 | $7.62 | file |