Chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) cost in Houston, TX
In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 10 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) vaccine, live (Varivax): from $45.80 to $1,531.34, with a median of $45.80. The lowest listed price is at CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center and 5 other hospitals. Across Texas, the median is $403.46 at 129 hospitals.
- The median here, $45.80, is 83% below the US median of $262.00.
- Houston, TX has the lowest median of 4 metro areas in Texas with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 5 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 Feb 28, 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 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center lowest Houston, TX · (832) 355-1000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE PER 0.5 ML File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $45.80 | $130.83 | $28.79–$526.68 | 65% |
| St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital lowest Sugar Land, TX · (281) 637-7000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE PER 0.5 ML File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $45.80 | $130.83 | $28.79–$471.82 | 65% |
| St. Lukes Hospital at the Vintage lowest Houston, TX · (832) 534-5000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE PER 0.5 ML File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $45.80 | $130.83 | $28.79–$471.82 | 65% |
| St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital lowest The Woodlands, TX · (936) 266-4050 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE PER 0.5 ML File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $45.80 | $130.83 | $28.79–$471.82 | 65% |
| CHI St. Luke's Health Springwood Village lowest Spring, TX · (936) 266-4050 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE PER 0.5 ML File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $45.80 | $130.83 | $28.79–$471.82 | 65% |
| St Luke's Lakeside Hospital lowest The Woodlands, TX · (936) 266-4055 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE PER 0.5 ML File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $45.80 | $130.83 | $28.79–$471.82 | 65% |
| Harris Health Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 CHG VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE ADULT-PEDI CDM IN CLINIC File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $144.27 | $305.00 | $76.86–$214.11 | 53% |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 CHG VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE ADULT-PEDI CDM IN CLINIC File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $144.27 | $305.00 | $76.86–$214.11 | 53% |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 varicella 1350 PFU/0.5ML Inj 1 Each Vial+2 more lines at this price File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $303.06 | $452.33 | $122.13–$429.71 | 33% |
| The Womans Hospital of Texas Houston, TX · (713) 790-1234 Varicella virus vaccine (VAR), live, for subcutaneous use +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,531.34 | $1,531.34 | $91.88–$1,301.64 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $45.80, median $45.80, highest $1,531.34 — a 33.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $45.80. 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 9 of 10 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.