Yellow fever vaccine cost in Nashville, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for yellow fever vaccine, live: from $59.45 to $110.70, with a median of $85.08. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital — $25.63 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $59.45 at 4 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 90717, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 YF-VAX (PF) 10 EXP4.74 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSPENSION | $59.45 | $205.00 | $61.50–$205.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 YF-VAX (PF) 10 EXP4.74 UNIT/0.5 ML SUBCUTANEOUS SUSPENSION | $110.70 | $205.00 | $58.48–$205.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 HC YELLOW FEVER VAC (YF-VAX) | $133.40 | $460.00 | $70.88–$460.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon, TN · (615) 444-2250 YELLOW FEVER IMMUNIZATN,LIVE,SUB-Q | $133.40 | $460.00 | $115.00–$460.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 HC YELLOW FEVER VAC (YF-VAX) | $248.40 | $460.00 | $138.00–$460.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN · (615) 322-3454 YELLOW FEVER IMMUNIZATN,LIVE,SUB-Q | $248.40 | $460.00 | $115.00–$460.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $59.45, median $85.08, highest $110.70 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $85.08. 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 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 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).