CMS Price Transparency Data

Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine

Facility: UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital

Billing Code: 90716 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$295

modeled fair price · typically $181–$676

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$160

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $135 under the fair price

Fair price $295 This hospital $160 Cash price $567 Hospital's list price $567

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $49 Priciest $160

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine is about $295. UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital charges insurers about $160, or about $567 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in San Francisco, CA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente AetnaHumana

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$107 - $345	—
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$101 - $234	—
Cignamajor	$62 - $636	—
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$81 - $780	—
Health Net	$107 - $318	—
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$24 - $1,026

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 567), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: 90716.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code 90716.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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