Yellow fever vaccine cost in Boston, MA
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 6 hospitals list a cash price for yellow fever vaccine, live: from $93.60 to $819.79, with a median of $518.90. The lowest listed price is at Boston Medical Center — $425.30 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $358.00 at 8 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 5 cities for code 90717, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Medical Center lowest Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 Yellow fever vaccine subq source file | $93.60 | $208.00 | $74.88–$512.54 | 55% |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA · (617) 665-1000 HC Yellow Fever Immunization,Live,Sub-Q source file | $155.00 | $155.00 | $85.25–$572.31 | — |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · (781) 744-5100 HC RX YELLOW FEVER VACCINE LIVE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $218.00 | $218.00 | — | — |
| Boston Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 638-8000 YELLOW FEVER VACCINE LIVE(PF) 10 EXP4.74 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSP source file | $375.94 | $835.43 | $77.57–$710.12 | 55% |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare Melrose, MA · (781) 979-3000 HC Pbb Yellow Fever Immunizatn Live Sub-Q source file | $819.79 | $1,171.13 | $77.57–$1,266.34 | 30% |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 636-5000 HC Pbb Yellow Fever Immunizatn Live Sub-Q source file | $819.79 | $1,171.13 | $0.01–$1,171.13 | 30% |
| Lowell General Hospital Lowell, MA · (978) 937-6000 HC Pbb Yellow Fever Immunizatn Live Sub-Q source file | $819.79 | $1,171.13 | $77.57–$1,171.13 | 30% |
Outpatient: lowest $93.60, median $518.90, highest $819.79 — a 8.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $518.90. 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 5 of 5 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 yellow fever vaccine is a single shot for travel to parts of Africa and South America, and some countries require proof of it on an international certificate. One dose protects most people for life.
What the price covers
The price is for the vaccine dose. Giving the shot is usually a separate line (code 90471 for the first vaccine of the visit, 90472 for each additional one).