Pneumonia vaccine (Pneumovax 23) cost in Kansas City, MO — inpatient
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 4 hospitals list a cash price for pneumonia vaccine, 23-valent polysaccharide (Pneumovax 23) as an inpatient: from $20.56 to $1,526.16, with a median of $773.36. The lowest listed price is at Children's Mercy Hospital and 1 other hospital — $752.80 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $177.75 at 14 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 90732, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . 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 Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Mercy Hospital lowest Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV23) (VFC) | $20.56 | $42.83 | $20.56–$38.55 | 52% | — source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas lowest Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 Pneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV23) (VFC) | $20.56 | $42.83 | $20.56–$38.55 | 52% | — source file |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 PNEUMOVAX 23 25 MCG/0.5ML IJ SOSY | $1,526.16 | $1,526.16 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 PNEUMOVAX 23 25 MCG/0.5ML IJ SOSY | $1,526.16 | $1,526.16 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $20.56, median $773.36, highest $1,526.16 — a 74.2× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $773.36 — 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90732 ($199.70). 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.
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MOPneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV23) | $12.96 | file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KSPneumococcal Polysaccharide (PPSV23) | $12.96 | file |