Vaccines CPT 91320 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer) cost in New Orleans, LA — inpatient

In New Orleans-Metairie, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech), age 12 and older as an inpatient: from $162.46 to $2,461.50, with a median of $1,311.98. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner Clinic Foundation — $1,149.52 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $90.20 at 17 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 91320, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$162.46Ochsner Clinic Foundation

Median$1,311.98half of hospitals charge less

Highest$2,461.50in this market

Difference15.2×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 New Orleans-Metairie, LA.

median

Lowest $162.46Highest $2,461.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Ochsner Clinic Foundation lowest New Orleans, LA · (504) 842-3000 COVID-19 VAC (PFIZER)(PF) 30 MCG/0.3 ML IM SUSR (12 YRS AND UP) source file	$162.46	$738.45	$331.93–$590.76	78%
St James Parish Hospital Lutcher, LA · (225) 869-5512 covid-19 vaccine, mRNA 2024-2025 formula [JAME] File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$2,461.50	$4,923.00	—	50%

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 $162.46, median $1,311.98, highest $2,461.50 — a 15.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $53.28 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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

This code is the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 12 and older, updated each season to match circulating variants. Who is advised to get it changed in 2025, so check current guidance with a doctor or pharmacist.

What the price covers

The price is for the vaccine dose. Giving the shot is billed separately, for COVID-19 vaccines with code 90480 rather than 90471.