Chickenpox vaccine (Varivax) cost in St. Louis, MO
In St. Louis, MO-IL, 6 hospitals list a cash price for chickenpox (varicella) vaccine, live (Varivax): from $204.75 to $864.49, with a median of $447.80. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Lincoln and 1 other hospital — $243.05 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $204.75 at 15 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 Jun 12, 2026 and Jun 12, 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 St. Louis, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Var Vaccine Live for Subcutaneous Use | $204.75 | $273.00 | $114.66–$245.70 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Var Vaccine Live for Subcutaneous Use | $204.75 | $273.00 | $114.66–$245.70 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Var Vaccine Live for Subcutaneous Use | $204.75 | $273.00 | $114.66–$245.70 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Var Vaccine Live for Subcutaneous Use | $204.75 | $273.00 | $114.66–$245.70 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln lowest Elsberry, MO Var Vaccine Live for Subcutaneous Use | $204.75 | $273.00 | $114.66–$245.70 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities lowest Washington, MO Var Vaccine Live for Subcutaneous Use | $204.75 | $273.00 | $114.66–$245.70 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Gateway Regional Medical Center Granite City, IL · (618) 798-3000 VARICELLA VIR VAC SC | $366.94 | $611.56 | $611.56 | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP | $528.65 | $813.31 | $52.87–$813.31 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP | $621.94 | $956.83 | $245.22 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 VARICELLA VIRUS VACCINE LIVE (PF) 1,350 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP | $864.49 | $1,329.99 | $245.22–$308.49 | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $204.75, median $447.80, highest $864.49 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $204.75. 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 1 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.
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.
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MOVfc Varicella Virus Vaccine Sq | $13.65 | file |