Vaccines CPT 90744 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hepatitis B vaccine (child) cost in Lima, OH — inpatient

In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for hepatitis B vaccine, child and teen dose (3-dose schedule) as an inpatient: from $17.58 to $64.88, with a median of $41.23. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center — $23.65 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $60.38 at 74 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 90744, 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$17.58Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center

Median$41.23half of hospitals charge less

Highest$64.88in this market

Difference3.7×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 Lima, OH.

median

Lowest $17.58Highest $438.78

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center lowest Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 HEPATITIS B VAC RECOMBINANT 5 MCG/0.5ML IJ SUSY source file	$17.58	$29.30	—	40%
Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Hepatitis B Vaccine Infant-Im File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$64.88	$72.09	—	10%
Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Hepb Vacc 3 Dose Pedadol Im File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$102.99	$114.43	—	10%
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 HEPATITIS B VAC RECOMBINANT 10 MCG/0.5ML IJ SUSY source file	$438.78	$731.30	—	40%

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 $17.58, median $41.23, highest $64.88 — a 3.7× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $41.23 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This is the hepatitis B vaccine in the dose for children and teens (Engerix-B or Recombivax HB). The CDC schedule is three doses: at birth, at 1 to 2 months and at 6 to 18 months.

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).

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90744 ($67.46). 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.

Hospital	Cash price	File
Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OHHEPATITIS B VAC RECOMBINANT 5 MCG/0.5ML IJ SUSP	$0.06	file

File Link to the hospital's own price file.