Chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 11 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) vaccine, live (Varivax): from $90.00 to $1,344.85, with a median of $456.40. The lowest listed price is at St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus and 1 other hospital — $366.40 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $205.80 at 59 hospitals.
- The median here, $456.40, is 74% above the US median of $262.00.
- Philadelphia, PA ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania by median, cheapest first.
- 4 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 10 cities for code 90716, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 21, 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus lowest Sellersville, PA · (215) 453-4000 HB CHICKEN POX VACCINE SC File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $90.00 | $100.00 | $12.00–$1,150.00 | 10% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus lowest Quakertown, PA · (267) 985-1000 HB CHICKEN POX VACCINE SC File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $90.00 | $100.00 | $9.60–$199.12 | 10% |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 Varivax Vaccine w/ Diluent File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $189.12 | $315.20 | $81.95–$242.70 | 40% |
| Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP [113088] File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $456.40 | $1,141.00 | — | 60% |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP [113088] File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $456.40 | $1,141.00 | — | 60% |
| Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP [113088] File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $456.40 | $1,141.00 | — | 60% |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP [113088] File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $456.40 | $1,141.00 | — | 60% |
| St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $576.35 | $576.35 | $133.14–$580.67 | — |
| Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML INJ SUSR+1 more line at this price File of Mar 10, 2026 · source file | $776.00 | $776.00 | — | — |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 590-1000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE 1350 PFU/0.5ML IJ SUSR File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $1,222.95 | $1,222.95 | $13.50–$1,100.66 | — |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $1,344.85 | $1,344.85 | $11.50–$1,277.61 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $90.00, median $456.40, highest $1,344.85 — a 14.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $456.40. 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 4 of 6 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.