CMS Price Transparency Data

Typhoid vaccine

Facility: Penn State Health St. Joseph

Billing Code: 90675 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$333

about 1.1× the $315 Medicare rate · typically $214–$392

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$392

Above the fair price

about $59 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $315 Fair price $333 This hospital $392 Cash price $556 Hospital's list price $2,136

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

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

Cheapest $303 Priciest $392

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

A fair price for a Typhoid vaccine is about $333 (about 1.1× the $315 Medicare rate). Penn State Health St. Joseph charges insurers about $392, or about $556 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Reading, PA.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $333. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Aetna✓ Cigna Blue Cross Blue ShieldHumanaKaiser 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 - $465	102%
Aetnamajor	$320 - $857	102%
Cignamajor	$480	152%
Geisinger	$1,436 - $1,646	456%
UPMC Health Plan	$320 - $1,686	102%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$989 - $1,134

Excludes 3 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 556), 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 Penn State Health St. Joseph 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

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

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Penn State Health St. Joseph

Compare: Typhoid vaccine at other PA hospitals

Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center · Enola $303
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center · Lancaster $304
UPMC Jameson · New Castle $314
UPMC Somerset · Somerset $314
Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center · Johnstown $314
UPMC Muncy · Muncy $314
UPMC Wellsboro · Wellsboro $314
UPMC Kane · Kane $314

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