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Blood Draw From A Vein

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 36415

The routine collection of a blood sample from a vein, most often in the arm, using a needle and collection tube. It is the standard way blood is obtained for most laboratory tests ordered by a doctor.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Draw From A Vein cost?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.17$1.86 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$27.54 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $19 to $955Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $1 to $19
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $72professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$10.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$7.41

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Washington, DC than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Washington, DC· 1st of 51

$54.95

DC $54.95MT $6.03

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.