Just wondering what a good price for a flu shot is these days. Hardly anyone seems to advertise the price.
On exception being the Chemist Warehouse who advertise $22.99 . (Seems to be a bit cheaper than what I've paid in the past.)
Typical Flu Shot Costs
toocheap on 07/05/2025 - 18:46
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Was $30 at my local medical centre BUT she fished around a lot asking if I had any other medical conditions.
At first I thought she was just being thorough, but later realised it's coz it's funded if you have any underlying conditions.
She was trying her best to make it free.
So if you have any long-term condition, think diabetes, asthma, heart issues, even some mental health problems…..If you go to a chemist I'm not sure they would actually have access to your medical record?
Depending on your morals you could stretch the truth and say you have a touch of asthma or depression or something.There are actually 5 different vaccines available.
Nobody advertises which ones they have. So you have to trust whomever is giving it to you that it's the best one for you.+++++++++++++
There are 1.25 million doses of influenza vaccines available in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2025 and there are 5 types of quadrivalent influenza vaccines.INFLUVAC TETRA is the funded vaccine and approved for use in children and adults, aged from six months FLUCELVAX QUAD is unfunded only, approved for use in children and adults, aged from six months AFLURIA® QUAD is unfunded only, approved for use in children and adults aged from 3 years. FLUAD® QUAD is unfunded only, approved for use in adults aged 65 years or older. FLUQUADRI is unfunded only, approved for use in children and adults, aged from six months.Some vaccination centers do advertise which vaccines they have.
Got vaccinated at life pharmacy.
https://www.lifepharmacy.co.nz/blogs/health-services/flu-vac…
Influvac tetra is free for funded people and something like 35 or 40 for unfunded. Flucelvax is something like $60 for everybody, but they said it was better so I got that one for both of us.
It is $25 at my local pharmacy but another one across the road from it is charging $40.
Pricing does vary quite significantly so worth shopping around if you have to pay for it yourself.I had to pay $45 for one of my kids at GP and other one was free.
Damn.. looks like they covered the cost for both with over charging one.Pharmacies can use vaccines as loss leaders (i.e. hope you will buy something in your 20 min waiting period), not something that really applies to doctors.
tbf cheap unfunded from my experience leads to more funded vaccines given (a lot more money for medical centres and pharmacies in funded flu vaccines) is about the biggest advantage
But also $23 (heck even costco @$16) still has profit available, but not enough to warrant the medical fridge, staff time, and other compliance costs without attracting more clients for other services or funded vaccines
I believe it was $15-$17 at Costco last year. Haven't checked this time around.
Just found a post on fb that said that its $15.99 this year at Costco (sadly not an option for me). Pretty good price
I always get my flu shot from work so not sure about the price but I paid for whooping cough and I checked around and CW turned out to be the cheapest.
They charge you $15 just for the injection even if yiu bring your own medicine therefore $22.50 seems like a fair price.