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Blood Draw From A Vein

Virginia 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 8 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$5.50$3.02 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$15.49 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $7 to $661Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $43professional $5

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
$8.91
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.72
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10,000.00
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
$1.82
Typical High
$5.50

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 14th of 51

$16.60

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.