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Procedure price report · Prophylactic vaccinations and inoculations

Chickenpox and shingles immune globulin shot

CPT 90396the billing code this page is about

Covers one dose of varicella-zoster immune globulin given as a muscle injection after exposure to chickenpox or shingles in people at high risk; the injection service is billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $3,346 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 595 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,475. Most fall between $1,211 and $6,821 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
595
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 595 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$574$1,802$3,346$5,485$9,545

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($574 vs $9,545).

How the prices are spread

$333 – $481: 25 hospitals$333$481 – $696: 21 hospitals$696 – $1,005: 26 hospitals$696$1,005 – $1,453: 33 hospitals$1,453 – $2,099: 50 hospitals$1,453$2,099 – $3,034: 89 hospitals$3,034 – $4,384: 138 hospitals$3,034$4,384 – $6,335: 61 hospitals$6,335 – $9,154: 63 hospitals$6,335$9,154 – $13,228: 35 hospitals$9,154median $3,346price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (541 of 595 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$333$48125
$481$69621
$696$1,00526
$1,005$1,45333
$1,453$2,09950
$2,099$3,03489
$3,034$4,384138
$4,384$6,33561
$6,335$9,15463
$9,154$13,22835

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,498
Median cash price$3,346
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.34×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,346.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $625 across 10 hospitalsWA$625Idaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,912 across 17 hospitalsMN$3,912Illinois: median $3,481 across 25 hospitalsIL$3,481Wisconsin: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $3,261 across 19 hospitalsMI$3,261New York: median $2,251 across 35 hospitalsNY$2,251Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,417 across 16 hospitalsOR$2,417Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,098 across 28 hospitalsIA$2,098Indiana: median $4,571 across 32 hospitalsIN$4,571Ohio: median $8,070 across 36 hospitalsOH$8,070Pennsylvania: median $2,183 across 27 hospitalsPA$2,183New Jersey: median $2,360 across 21 hospitalsNJ$2,360Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,910 across 59 hospitalsCA$2,910Utah: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,015 across 19 hospitalsCO$3,015Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,925 across 11 hospitalsMO$1,925Kentucky: median $4,197 across 15 hospitalsKY$4,197West Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $534 across 10 hospitalsNM$534Kansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $4,365 across 19 hospitalsNC$4,365South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $9,545 across 12 hospitalsGA$9,545Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,321 across 46 hospitalsTX$4,321Florida: median $4,919 across 29 hospitalsFL$4,919
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,346. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA12$9,545+185%$9,545 – $11,731
Ohio OH36$8,070+141%$5,941 – $8,070
Florida FL29$4,919+47%$1,100 – $6,548
Indiana IN32$4,571+37%$4,063 – $8,265
North Carolina NC19$4,365+30%$4,365 – $15,187
Texas TX46$4,321+29%$4,321 – $7,215
Kentucky KY15$4,197+25%$325 – $22,655
Minnesota MN17$3,912+17%$3,087 – $4,146
Illinois IL25$3,481+4%$909 – $10,552
Michigan MI19$3,261−3%$2,117 – $4,540
Colorado CO19$3,015−10%$3,015 – $8,771
California CA59$2,910−13%$333 – $4,209
Oregon OR16$2,417−28%$791 – $4,938
New Jersey NJ21$2,360−29%$2,202 – $3,940
New York NY35$2,251−33%$2,008 – $3,422
Pennsylvania PA27$2,183−35%$1,091 – $4,522
Iowa IA28$2,098−37%$1,916 – $2,098
Missouri MO11$1,925−42%$1,211 – $3,516
Washington WA10$625−81%$574 – $880
New Mexico NM10$534−84%$534 – $1,126
Maryland MD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $3,346.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care491$3,266$1,126 – $5,989
Children’s29$6,540$3,269 – $8,070
Critical access72$3,015$1,400 – $8,070
Ownership
For-profit82$3,956$1,100 – $7,513
Government75$3,899$1,442 – $6,022
Non-profit435$3,261$1,315 – $6,116
System affiliation
Part of a system522$3,422$1,315 – $6,821
Independent73$2,910$980 – $7,169

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,914
Median cash price$3,346
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

462 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,418 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,314; most fall between $1,091 and $5,893.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 462 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$534$1,711$3,418$4,938$8,070

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($534 vs $8,070).

Of the 523 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 462 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 34 a list price only.

How complete is this

595 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 669 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted595
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded33
Hospitals that filed this code669

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Prophylactic vaccinations and inoculations family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Varizig.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Chickenpox and shingles immune globulin shot (CPT 90396) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-90396-chickenpox-and-shingles-immune-globulin-shot