Vaccines CPT 90716 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) vaccine, live (Varivax) as an inpatient: from $216.52 to $306.18, with a median of $261.35. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation — $44.83 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $204.18 at 26 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 — and —.

Lowest$216.52Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Median$261.35half of hospitals charge less

Highest$306.18in this market

Difference1.4×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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median

Lowest $216.52Highest $306.18

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACC LIVE (PF) 1350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBQ SUSR source file	$216.52	$984.16	$442.38–$787.33	78%
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner, LA · (504) 464-8065 VARICELLA VIRUS VACC LIVE (PF) 1350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBQ SUSR source file	$306.18	$1,093.51	$601.43–$754.52	72%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $216.52, median $261.35, highest $306.18 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $141.81 — 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 2 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.