Insurance companies do not cover the vaccine, which makes it very expensive. The actual cost varies between colleges. Harvard offers the vaccine for $77. By contrast, students at Yale can be vaccinated for $75, and at Dartmouth students only have to pay $40.
Rosenthal said Harvard provides the vaccine at "just a little bit" above cost and said UHS is not charging a relatively high price on purpose.
"We're always looking for better prices," Rosenthal said. "That's the price we were told."
Rosenthal said he had not been aware that UHS charged a high price and questioned how other schools got the vaccine at such a low cost.
"Most other universities don't have pharmacies like we do," he said. " So I'm not sure what [price] they're quoting."
Turco also downplayed the disparity between the cost of vaccination at Harvard and Dartmouth.
"There are many different costs that the health service has at Harvard that we don't have here," Turco said. "Anything under $100 I would put in a reasonable category."
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