Pneumonia vaccine (Pneumovax 23) cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for pneumonia vaccine, 23-valent polysaccharide (Pneumovax 23): from $140.16 to $297.51, with a median of $297.51. The lowest listed price is at South County Health — $157.35 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $297.51 at 4 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South County Health lowest Wakefield, RI · (401) 782-8000 Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, 23-valent (PPSV23), adult or immunosuppressed patient dosage, when administered to individuals 2 years or older, for subcutaneous or intramuscular use | $140.16 | $233.60 | $160.96 | 40% | — source file |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 PR PPSV23 VACCINE 2 YRS OR OLDER FOR SUBQ/IM USE | $297.51 | $297.51 | — | — | — source file |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 PR PPSV23 VACCINE 2 YRS OR OLDER FOR SUBQ/IM USE | $297.51 | $297.51 | — | — | — source file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 PR PPSV23 VACCINE 2 YRS OR OLDER FOR SUBQ/IM USE | $297.51 | $297.51 | — | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $140.16, median $297.51, highest $297.51 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $297.51. 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 and 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.
7 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.
| Newport Hospital Newport, RIPNEUMOCOCCAL 23 POLYVALENT VACCINE 25 MCG/0.5 ML INJECTION SYRINGE [122585] | $0.50 | file |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RIPNEUMOCOCCAL 23 POLYVALENT VACCINE 25 MCG/0.5 ML INJECTION SOLUTION [11037] | $0.50 | file |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RIPNEUMOCOCCAL 23 POLYVALENT VACCINE 25 MCG/0.5 ML INJECTION SYRINGE [122585] | $0.50 | file |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MAPNEUMOCOCCAL 23 POLYVALENT VACCINE 25 MCG/0.5 ML INJECTION SYRINGE [122585] | $0.50 | file |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MAPNEUMOCOCCAL 23 POLYVALENT VACCINE 25 MCG/0.5 ML INJECTION SYRINGE [122585] | $0.50 | file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RIPNEUMOCOCCAL 23 POLYVALENT VACCINE 25 MCG/0.5 ML INJECTION SYRINGE [122585] | $0.50 | file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RIPNEUMOCOCCAL 23 POLYVALENT VACCINE 25 MCG/0.5 ML INJECTION SOLUTION [11037] | $0.50 | file |