Yellow fever vaccine cost in San Diego, CA
In San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for yellow fever vaccine, live: from $230.81 to $698.40, with a median of $230.81. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa and 2 other hospitals. Across California, the median is $141.12 at 44 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 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 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa lowest San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 "yellow fever vaccine live (PF) 1,000 unit/0.5 mL Recon susp 1 Each VIAL" source file | $230.81 | $443.86 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Zion lowest San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 "yellow fever vaccine live (PF) 1,000 unit/0.5 mL Recon susp 1 Each VIAL" source file | $230.81 | $443.86 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos lowest San Marcos, CA · (760) 528-6295 "yellow fever vaccine live (PF) 1,000 unit/0.5 mL Recon susp 1 Each VIAL" source file | $230.81 | $443.86 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Zion San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 yellow fever vaccine live (PF) 10 exp4.74 unit/0.5 mL Recon susp 1 Each VIAL source file | $418.46 | $804.74 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Diego - Clairemont Mesa San Diego, CA · (619) 528-5000 yellow fever vaccine live (PF) 10 exp4.74 unit/0.5 mL Recon susp 1 Each VIAL source file | $418.46 | $804.74 | — | 48% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Marcos San Marcos, CA · (760) 528-6295 yellow fever vaccine live (PF) 10 exp4.74 unit/0.5 mL Recon susp 1 Each VIAL source file | $418.46 | $804.74 | — | 48% |
| UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego, CA · (619) 543-6222 Vaccine Yellow Fever Live Subcutaneous File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $698.40 | $1,269.81 | $202.22–$1,269.81 | 45% |
Outpatient: lowest $230.81, median $230.81, highest $698.40 — a 3.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $230.81. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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).