CMS Price Transparency Data
Flu vaccine injection
Facility: Tufts Medical Center
Billing Code: G0008 (HCPCS)
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A fair price for this
$58
about 1.2× the $48 Medicare rate · typically $46–$117
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $48 Fair price $58 Cash price $35 Hospital's list price $50
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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 | $77 - $248 | 161% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $12 - $81 | 25% |
| Aetnamajor | $8 - $77 | 17% |
| Cignamajor | $12 - $210 | 25% |
| Humanamajor | $77 | 161% |
| AmeriHealth | $8 - $27 | 17% |
| AvMed | $8 - $27 | 17% |
| GEHA | $8 - $27 | 17% |
| Harvard Pilgrim | $108 - $248 | 226% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $7 - $275 | 15% |
| WellSense | $7 - $27 | 15% |
| + 105 smaller / regional plans | $8 - $248 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.
Excludes 12 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Tufts Medical Center
Compare: Flu vaccine injection at other MA hospitals
- Metrowest Medical Center · Framingham $46
- Milford Regional Medical Center · Milford $50
- St Vincent Hospital · Worcester $52
- South Shore Hospital · South Weymouth $53
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton · Milton $53
- Boston Children's Hospital · Boston $53
- Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital · Brockton $55
- Southcoast Hospitals Group · Fall River $55
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.