Injection (shot) cost in Providence, RI — inpatient
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for injection under the skin or into a muscle, for treatment or testing as an inpatient: from $198.61 to $306.00, with a median of $245.00. The lowest listed price is at Brown University Health Morton Hospital — $46.39 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $245.00 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 96372, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital lowest Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC THER/PROPH/DIAG INJ SC/IM | $198.61 | $198.61 | — | — | — source file |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC THER/PROPH/DIAG INJ SC/IM | $226.04 | $226.04 | — | — | — source file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC PR THER/PROPH/DIAG INJ SC/IM | $245.00 | $245.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC THER/PROPH/DIAG INJ SC/IM | $306.00 | $306.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC THER/PROPH/DIAG INJ SC/IM | $306.00 | $306.00 | — | — | — source file |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC THER/PROPH/DIAG INJ SC/IM | $306.00 | $306.00 | — | — | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $198.61, median $245.00, highest $306.00 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $226.04 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
What it is
This code is the fee for giving a shot under the skin or into a muscle, for example an antibiotic, vitamin B12, a pain medicine or a birth control shot. Vaccines use a different code (90471).
What the price covers
The price is for giving the shot. The medicine is billed separately, usually under its own J code.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 96372 ($98.80). 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.
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RIHC THERAPEUTIC SELF ADMIN | $0.01 | file |