Eligibility

At St. Paul Corner Drug, we’re able to vaccinate individuals who are:

• 3+ years old for COVID and Flu

• 6+ years old for all other vaccines (subject to specific age requirements for each individual vaccine; see each vaccine’s Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) for more information)

Pricing

In general, the best way to determine whether a vaccine will be covered at our pharmacy is to call your insurance company directly. Please note that certain insurance plans do NOT cover the cost of vaccination administration at local pharmacies; these plans will cover the cost of the vaccine itself but do not include an administration fee that is supposed to cover the cost of the time and training of vaccinators and the supplies we use. If your insurance is able to be billed at our pharmacy but doesn't cover the cost of vaccine administration, we charge an additional administration fee of $35 per patient per visit, which can be paid using cash, a credit or debit card, or check.

• At this time, the cost of the COVID vaccine is no longer being subsidized by the US government, but is guaranteed to be 100% covered by Medicare and expected to be 100% by most commercial insurance plans. However, if you have an insurance plan that isn’t accepted at our pharmacy, we won’t be able to bill your COVID vaccine. For those not using insurance, cash prices for any COVID shot is $159.

• Flu vaccination is 100% covered by most insurance plans. For those not using insurance, cash prices for the flu shot are as follows:

  • Regular dose (3+ years old) | $48

  • High dose (65+ years old) | $105

• Copays for the rest of the vaccinations we offer vary by insurance. To determine what a specific vaccine would cost for you to receive at St. Paul Corner Drug, please call your insurance company directly.

• All patients are welcome to pay the cash price (raw cost of the vaccine + $35 administration fee) for any vaccine that is appropriate for them to receive. However, the cost of vaccines is often high compared to filling most prescriptions, so if you’re interested in paying cash to receive a vaccine give us a call or send us a message to discuss pricing before booking an appointment.

Booking your appointment

Currently, we are administering vaccinations by appointment only. We usually offer appointments Monday - Friday, 9:30am - 12:30pm and 2:30 - 7:00pm for all of our vaccines, though any deviation from this will be taken into account in Acuity, our online booking system and reflected on our Appointments page. If you don’t see availability for the vaccine and dates/times you’re interested in, this is intentional. Due to regular fluctuations in our vaccine stock and availability of personnel to assist with vaccination, we are currently releasing appointments as we are able. Please check back frequently and refrain from calling the pharmacy to ask about availability, unless you need assistance with booking an appointment. Subscribing to our as-needed e-news bulletin, the DOSE, is the best way to receive updates about our vaccination services as well as other important announcements.

Changing your appointment

If you need to reschedule or cancel your appointment, you can do so by clicking on the green “Change/Cancel Appointment” button toward the bottom of the confirmation or reminder emails you receive upon booking/shortly before your scheduled appointment. If you no longer have access to these emails, give us a call at (651) 698-8859 or send us a message here.

Preparing for your appointment

We know that, for some, getting a shot can be an anxiety-producing experience. Whether or not this is you, we want to provide you with the safest, smoothest vaccination experience possible. The instructions listed below will help guide you in preparing for your appointment, including specific recommendations for some of the vaccines we offer.

If you or your child has Autism Spectrum Disorder, click here for a collection of resources prepared by the Autism Society (available in English and several other languages). Guidance on this page can also be great for people with vaccine anxiety!

• Important things to bring to your appointment:

  • Current insurance card(s)

  • Completed consent form (if able)

  • Click here to access our fillable PDF consent form. To complete, start by downloading the form to your device (DO NOT open and edit in Google Docs, this alters the document’s formatting). Once downloaded, open the file and enter your information in the fillable fields as directed. When you’ve completed the form, save it as a new document on your device and then print and bring it with you to your appointment or email it to pharmacy@stpaulcornerdrug.com (subject: Vax Consent Form).

• You are no longer required to bring and update your CDC Vaccination Record Card when receiving a COVID shot. Instead, we’ll confirm the dates of your previous doses (if any) via Docket or MIIC. If you received any previous doses of the COVID vaccine outside the state of Minnesota and these have not yet been added to your MIIC record, please bring a record of these doses and we can manually add them so that your MIIC record is complete.

• If you’re experiencing COVID symptoms when it’s time for your appointment, please test BEFORE coming in. We wouldn’t want to vaccinate you for an infection that you currently have.

• We love accommodating those who require a support person to accompany them to their vaccination appointment! But, our space is small, so if you're ok coming alone, we ask that you do.

• We're happy to vaccinate you in your vehicle, our private consult room, on the floor (for fainters)... If any of these options would make a more comfortable vaccination experience for you, let us know!

• Wear a t-shirt or tank under any warmer layers to allow us easy access to your upper arm. Please note that ALL vaccinations are administered in patients’ deltoid muscle in their upper arm (we’re not allowed to give vaccinations in children’s thigh muscle).

• We have a private consult room that can be used to vaccinate individuals who desire privacy; however, most patients are vaccinated in our open bay of chairs in the front of our store. If your vaccination requires a wait time, we’ll ask you to complete that wait time in our public vaccination chairs or while you browse our store, even if you’re vaccinated in our private consult room.

• Please note that, despite what is listed in their description on our Appointments page, ALL vaccination appointments are actually 15 - 20 minutes long so that we have enough time to bill your vaccination to insurance (if applicable), answer any questions you have, prepare and administer the vaccine, and provide any necessary patient education. Shingles vaccination appointments (or any appointment in which you are receiving multiple vaccines or a vaccination for the first time) are 30 minutes long.

• Vaccines requiring a wait time (15 minutes for most individuals, 30 minutes for patients with a history of severe allergic reaction):

  • Any vaccine you are receiving for the first time

  • RSV

  • Shingles (both doses)

• If booking a Shingles or RSV vaccine appointment, make sure you don’t have anything important going on the next day (e.g., a flight or wedding to attend). These vaccines are “adjuvanted” and commonly causes flu-like symptoms (usually stronger after the second of the two doses required for the Shingles vaccine). For this reason, we DO NOT administer the Shingles or RSV shots alongside other vaccines.

Travel

Planning on traveling outside the United States? Before jetting off, make sure you are up to date on your routine vaccinations. Depending on where you’re traveling, you may also need to get certain vaccinations. Any additional immunizations you need for your trip should be administered at least 4 to 6 weeks before you travel; this will give the vaccines time to start working and help ensure you are fully protected while you’re away. Please visit the CDC’s web page on Travelers’ Health for more information and give us a call or send us a message if you have any questions.

Docket®

Docket is the free third-party app that the Minnesota Department of Health uses so that patient’s can access their official MIIC (Minnesota’s immunization record system) record on their smartphone. We strongly encourage all patients who’ve received vaccinations in our state to download and use this app to keep track of your vaccinations (you DO NOT need to be a resident of Minnesota, only to have received a single vaccination here). Docket is also considered an official nationally-recognized record of your COVID vaccine doses that can be used if proof of vaccination is required when traveling domestically. More information about accessing your or your child’s Minnesota immunization record, including in Hmong, Somali, and Spanish, can be found here.

Click here to download the app! If you have issues enrolling, visit us in person or give us a call at (651) 698-8859. Problems with enrollment are usually from a discrepancy in the information you’re using to enroll and what’s currently on your MIIC record, which we can help update.