CMS Price Transparency Data

Typhoid vaccine

Facility: Melrosewakefield Healthcare

Billing Code: 90675 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$341

about 1.1× the $315 Medicare rate · typically $310–$628

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$370

About the fair price

about $29 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $315 Fair price $341 This hospital $370 Cash price $1,082 Hospital's list price $1,546

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How this hospital compares to other MA hospitals

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

Cheapest $307 Priciest $370

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

A fair price for a Typhoid vaccine is about $341 (about 1.1× the $315 Medicare rate). Melrosewakefield Healthcare charges insurers about $370, or about $1,082 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Melrose, MA.

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✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

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	$320 - $1,595	102%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$320 - $1,595	102%
Aetnamajor	$467 - $1,725	148%
Cignamajor	$366 - $798	116%
AmeriHealth	$467 - $558	148%
AvMed	$467 - $558	148%
GEHA	$467 - $558	148%
Harvard Pilgrim	$320	102%
Tufts Health Plan	$337 - $1,595	107%
WellSense	$1,335 - $1,595	424%
+ 105 smaller / regional plans	$320 - $1,546

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 12 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 1,082), 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: 90675.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Melrosewakefield Healthcare is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code 90675.
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.

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Other Procedures at Melrosewakefield Healthcare

Compare: Typhoid vaccine at other MA hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.