CMS Price Transparency Data

Hepatitis B vaccine

Facility: Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita

Billing Code: 90744 (HCPCS)

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A fair price for this

$31

modeled fair price · typically $15–$44

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$32

About the fair price

about $1 over the fair price

Fair price $31 This hospital $32 Cash price $44 Hospital's list price $63

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How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

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

Cheapest $12 Priciest $32

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

A fair price for a Hepatitis B vaccine is about $31. Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita charges insurers about $32, or about $44 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Butler, PA.

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	$10	—
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$12	—
Aetnamajor	$32 - $51	—
Cignamajor	$32	—
AmeriHealth	$32	—
Devoted Health	$25	—
Geisinger	$31 - $63	—
UPMC Health Plan	$22 - $66	—
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$19 - $66

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

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 44), 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: 90744.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code 90744.
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 Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita

Compare: Hepatitis B vaccine at other PA hospitals

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