Vaccines CPT 90738 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Japanese encephalitis vaccine cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient

In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for japanese encephalitis vaccine (Ixiaro), 2-dose schedule as an inpatient: from $232.96 to $984.40, with a median of $232.96. The lowest listed price is at Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose and 1 other hospital. Across California, the median is $274.48 at 44 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 90738, 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.

Lowest$232.96Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose + 1 more
Median$232.96half of hospitals charge less
Highest$984.40in this market
Difference4.2×highest vs lowest

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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

median
Lowest $232.96Highest $984.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose lowest San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE INACTIVATED IM source file $232.96 $416.00 — 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara lowest Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE INACTIVATED IM source file $232.96 $416.00 — 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 Japanese encephalitis vaccine (PF) 6 mcg/0.5 mL Syringe 0.5 mL SYRINGE source file $518.36 $925.65 — 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 Japanese encephalitis vaccine (PF) 6 mcg/0.5 mL Syringe 0.5 mL SYRINGE source file $518.36 $925.65 — 44%
Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Vacc Japanese Enceph Virus File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $984.40 $2,461.00 — 60%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $232.96, median $232.96, highest $984.40 — a 4.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $366.48 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

Ixiaro protects against Japanese encephalitis, a mosquito-borne brain infection in rural Asia. It is two doses 28 days apart, finished at least a week before travel.

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).