Pneumonia vaccine (Pneumovax 23) cost in Anchorage, AK
In Anchorage, AK, 3 hospitals list a cash price for pneumonia vaccine, 23-valent polysaccharide (Pneumovax 23): from $130.56 to $876.30, with a median of $627.78. The lowest listed price is at Mat-Su Valley Medical Center — $497.22 less than the median here. Across Alaska, the median is $596.49 at 8 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 90732, 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 Aug 20, 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 Anchorage, AK.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mat-Su Valley Medical Center lowest Palmer, AK · (907) 861-6000 00006-4943-00 - pneumococcal 23-valent vaccine Sol | $130.56 | $435.21 | $46.65–$417.80 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mat-Su Valley Medical Center lowest Palmer, AK · (907) 861-6000 00006-4943-01 - pneumococcal 23-polyvalent vaccine | $130.56 | $435.21 | $46.65–$417.80 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mat-Su Valley Medical Center lowest Palmer, AK · (907) 861-6000 00006-4837-03 - pneumococcal 23-polyvalent vaccine | $130.56 | $435.21 | $46.65–$417.80 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mat-Su Valley Medical Center lowest Palmer, AK · (907) 861-6000 00006-4837-02 - pneumococcal 23-polyvalent vaccine | $130.56 | $435.21 | $46.65–$417.80 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK · (907) 562-2211 PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE POLYVALENT SOLN PREF SYR 25 MCG/0.5ML | $627.78 | $804.84 | — | 22% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Anchorage, AK · (907) 563-2662 Pneumococcal vaccine, 23-valent | $876.30 | $876.30 | $701.04–$1,233.00 | — | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $130.56, median $627.78, highest $876.30 — a 6.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $422.70. 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
Pneumovax 23 is the older polysaccharide pneumonia vaccine, covering 23 types of pneumococcus. Today it is mainly given after the 15-valent conjugate vaccine, or to complete a series started with it.
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); Medicare bills use G0009 instead.