Injection (shot) cost in Salt Lake City, UT — inpatient
In Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, 2 hospitals list a cash price for injection under the skin or into a muscle, for treatment or testing as an inpatient: from $66.99 to $125.57, with a median of $96.28. The lowest listed price is at University of Utah Hospital and Clinics — $29.29 less than the median here. Across Utah, the median is $71.06 at 2 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 96372, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 17, 2026 and Sep 17, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics lowest Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 HB OP Im/Sc Injection | $66.99 | $95.70 | — | 30% | — source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UT · (801) 581-2121 Im/Sc Injection | $73.99 | $105.70 | — | 30% | — source file |
| Mountain West Medical Center Tooele, UT · (435) 843-3700 Injection of drug or substance under skin or into muscle | $125.57 | $209.29 | $59.75–$192.55 | 40% | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $66.99, median $96.28, highest $125.57 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $71.06 — 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. 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 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.
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City, UTStudy Im/Sc Injection | $0.01 | file |