Blood draw fee cost in Birmingham, AL — inpatient
In Birmingham, AL, 4 hospitals list a cash price for blood draw from a vein (venipuncture), collection fee only as an inpatient: from $53.00 to $88.00, with a median of $88.00. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital — $35.00 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $18.00 at 11 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 36415, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Birmingham, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital lowest Birmingham, AL · (205) 877-1000 Hb Chg Collection Venous Blood,Venipuncture - Draw Charge | $53.00 | $53.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Princeton Hospital Birmingham, AL · (205) 783-3800 Hb Chg Collection Venous Blood,Venipuncture - Draw Charge | $88.00 | $88.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Walker Hospital Jasper, AL · (205) 387-4000 Hb Chg Collection Venous Blood,Venipuncture - Draw Charge | $88.00 | $88.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Health Shelby Hospital Alabaster, AL · (205) 620-8100 Hb Chg Collection Venous Blood,Venipuncture - Draw Charge | $88.00 | $88.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $53.00, median $88.00, highest $88.00 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $88.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
What it is
This code is the fee for drawing blood from a vein with a needle. It covers the collection only, not any lab test run on the blood.
What the price covers
The price covers the draw itself. Each lab test run on the sample is billed under its own code.