Vaccines CPT 90744 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Hepatitis B vaccine (child) cost in Sacramento, CA — inpatient

In Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, 8 hospitals list a cash price for hepatitis B vaccine, child and teen dose (3-dose schedule) as an inpatient: from $18.75 to $86.36, with a median of $57.68. The lowest listed price is at Mercy General Hospital — $38.93 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $57.68 at 123 hospitals.

Cash prices at 8 facilities across 5 cities for code 90744, 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.

Lowest$18.75Mercy General Hospital
Median$57.68half of hospitals charge less
Highest$86.36in this market
Difference4.6×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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA.

median
Lowest $18.75Highest $86.36

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Mercy General Hospital lowest Sacramento, CA · (916) 453-4453 HEPAT B VACC 10MCG PEDIM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $18.75 $86.00 $12.98–$68.80 78%
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CA · (530) 662-3961 HEPAT B VACC 10MCG PEDIM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $23.57 $86.00 $9.46–$79.12 73%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 973-5000 HEPB VACCINE PED/ADOLESC 3 DOSE SCHEDULE IM source file $57.68 $103.00 — 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 688-2000 HEPB VACCINE PED/ADOLESC 3 DOSE SCHEDULE IM source file $57.68 $103.00 — 44%
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville Roseville, CA · (916) 784-4000 HEPB VACCINE PED/ADOLESC 3 DOSE SCHEDULE IM source file $57.68 $103.00 — 44%
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CA · (916) 537-5000 HEPAT B VACC 10MCG PEDIM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $60.83 $222.00 $24.42–$184.26 73%
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CA · (916) 423-6010 HEPAT B VACC 10MCG PEDIM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $63.94 $222.00 $54.44–$184.26 71%
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CA · (916) 983-7400 HEPAT B VACC 10MCG PEDIM File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $86.36 $222.00 $24.42–$182.04 61%
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 $18.75, median $57.68, highest $86.36 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $57.68 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 5 of 5 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

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).

5 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 90744 ($67.60). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Mercy General Hospital Sacramento, CAMC HEP B VAC 10MCG IM VFC $0.01 file
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CAMC HEP B VAC 10MCG IM VFC $0.01 file
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CAMC HEP B VAC 10MCG IM VFC $0.01 file
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CAMC HEP B VAC 10MCG IM VFC $0.01 file
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CAMC HEP B VAC 10MCG IM VFC $0.02 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.