Pneumonia vaccine (Pneumovax 23) cost in Bakersfield, CA — inpatient
In Bakersfield-Delano, CA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for pneumonia vaccine, 23-valent polysaccharide (Pneumovax 23) as an inpatient: from $94.32 to $95.35, with a median of $94.84. The lowest listed price is at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital — $0.52 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $161.72 at 129 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 90732, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Feb 28, 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 Bakersfield-Delano, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital lowest Bakersfield, CA · (661) 327-1792 PNEUMOCOC VACC 23 VALENT | $94.32 | $257.00 | $46.26–$203.03 | 63% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Dignity Health Bakersfield, CA · (661) 632-5000 PNEUMOCOC VACC 23 VALENT | $95.35 | $257.00 | $59.11–$205.60 | 63% | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $94.32, median $94.84, highest $95.35.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $125.96 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90732 ($207.36). 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.
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