Chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) cost in Portland, OR
In Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA, 6 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) vaccine, live (Varivax): from $508.60 to $642.75, with a median of $511.76. The lowest listed price is at Oregon Health & Science University and 1 other hospital — $3.16 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $233.60 at 20 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 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 Mar 23, 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 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Health & Science University lowest Portland, OR · (503) 494-9000 HB Varicella Virus Vaccine | $508.60 | $782.46 | $150.23–$782.46 | 35% | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Tuality Healthcare lowest Hillsboro, OR · (503) 681-1111 HB Varicella Virus Vaccine | $508.60 | $782.46 | $373.06–$782.46 | 35% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Westside Hillsboro, OR · (971) 310-0100 varicella virus live (PF) vaccine 1,350 unit/0.5 mL Recon susp 1 Each VIAL | $511.76 | $602.06 | — | 15% | — source file |
| Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center Clackamas, OR · (503) 652-2880 varicella virus live (PF) vaccine 1,350 unit/0.5 mL Recon susp 1 Each VIAL | $511.76 | $602.06 | — | 15% | — source file |
| Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR · (503) 494-9000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP | $533.47 | $820.73 | $157.58–$820.73 | 35% | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Tuality Healthcare Hillsboro, OR · (503) 681-1111 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP | $539.70 | $830.30 | $373.06–$830.30 | 35% | — source file |
| Providence Newberg Medical Center Newberg, OR · (503) 537-1555 VARICELLA VIRUS VAC LIVE FOR INJ 1350 PFU/0.5ML | $642.75 | $857.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 VARICELLA VIRUS VAC LIVE FOR INJ 1350 PFU/0.5ML | $642.75 | $857.00 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Portland Medical Center Portland, OR · (503) 215-1111 VARICELLA VIRUS VAC LIVE FOR INJ 1350 PFU/0.5ML | $786.39 | $1,048.52 | — | 25% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $508.60, median $511.76, highest $642.75 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $577.26. 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 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 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.
8 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center Vancouver, WAPR VAR VACCINE LIVE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS USE | $14.27 | file |
| Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, ORPR VAR VACCINE LIVE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS USE | $14.27 | file |
| Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center Portland, ORPR VAR VACCINE LIVE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS USE | $14.27 | file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORPR VAR VACCINE LIVE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS USE | $14.27 | file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORPR VAR VACCINE LIVE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS USE | $14.27 | file |
| Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Portland, ORPR VAR VACCINE LIVE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS USE | $14.27 | file |
| Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center Gresham, ORPR VAR VACCINE LIVE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS USE | $14.27 | file |
| Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center Tualatin, ORPR VAR VACCINE LIVE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS USE | $14.27 | file |