Chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) cost in Lima, OH
In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) vaccine, live (Varivax): from $115.32 to $144.00, with a median of $129.66. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center — $14.34 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $408.06 at 70 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 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 Lima, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center lowest Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML IJ SUSR | $115.32 | $192.20 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Varicella Vaccine | $144.00 | $160.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $115.32, median $129.66, highest $144.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $129.66. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
| Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OHVar Vaccine Live Subq | $17.42 | file |