Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine
Facility: Mercy Health Saint Mary's
Billing Code: 90716 (HCPCS)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $198 compared to the $174 fair price benchmark.
3-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 1.14× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 MI hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MI hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine is about $174. Mercy Health Saint Mary's charges insurers about $198, or about $109 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Grand Rapids, MI.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
6 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
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 | $127 - $209 | — |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $73 - $420 | — |
| Aetnamajor | $63 - $611 | — |
| Cignamajor | $122 - $208 | — |
| Humanamajor | $127 - $167 | — |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $420 | — |
| AmeriHealth | $127 - $151 | — |
| CareSource | $109 | — |
| Dean Health Plan | $122 - $182 | — |
| GEHA | $127 - $611 | — |
| HealthPartners | $194 | — |
| MagnaCare | $140 - $151 | — |
| Medical Mutual | $140 - $611 | — |
| Molina | $84 - $204 | — |
| MVP Health Care | $122 - $182 | — |
| Oscar Health | $33 | — |
| Paramount | $122 | — |
| Priority Health | $208 | — |
| Tufts Health Plan | $194 | — |
| UniCare | $127 - $151 | — |
| + 146 smaller / regional plans | $91 - $611 |
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Other Procedures at Mercy Health Saint Mary's
Compare: Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine at other MI hospitals
- Corewell Health Wayne Hospital · Wayne $75
- Corewell Health Trenton Hospital · Trenton $75
- Beaumont Hospital - Taylor · Taylor $75
- Eaton Rapids Medical Center · Eaton Rapids $98
- University of Michigan Health - West · Wyoming $144
- Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn · Dearborn $160
- Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak · Royal Oak $174
- Beaumont Hospital, Troy · Troy $174
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Mercy Health Saint Mary's (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $88
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $88).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($109) Beats Your Bill
Mercy Health Saint Mary's's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $109 (vs. $198 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $174 Fair BaseRate ($101 Medicare)
Your bill ($242) is $68 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($174) and 2.4× the $101 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.