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Blood Draw From A Vein

Louisiana 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 6 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$7.08$3.31 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$9.55 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $5 to $646Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$10$100$1Kfacility $30professional $7

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.47

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$9.33

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.