Blood draw fee cost in Buffalo, NY
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 6 hospitals list a cash price for blood draw from a vein (venipuncture), collection fee only: from $6.24 to $16.00, with a median of $15.40. The lowest listed price is at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center — $9.16 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $16.00 at 65 hospitals.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 3 cities for code 36415, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Aug 25, 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center lowest Niagara Falls, NY · (716) 278-4000 INSERTION OF NEEDLE INTO VEIN FOR COLLECTION OF BLOOD SAMPLE | $6.24 | $8.91 | $2.58–$11.14 | 30% | — source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY · (716) 898-3936 COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD | $9.37 | $28.14 | $5.07–$113.10 | 67% | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY · (716) 898-3936 VENIPUNCTURE | $9.37 | $28.14 | $5.07–$113.10 | 67% | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY · (716) 898-3936 VENIPUNCTURE BLOOD DRAW | $9.37 | $28.14 | $5.07–$113.10 | 67% | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo, NY · (716) 898-3936 COLLECT VEN BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE | $9.37 | $28.14 | $5.07–$113.10 | 67% | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Phlebotomy Blood Draw | $14.79 | $14.79 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 Routine Venipuncture | $16.00 | $16.00 | $1.26–$16.00 | — | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 Routine Venipuncture | $16.00 | $16.00 | $1.26–$16.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 Routine Venipuncture | $16.00 | $16.00 | $1.26–$16.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 Collection Venous Blood Venipuncture | $25.11 | $25.11 | $1.26–$16.00 | — | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 Collection Venous Blood Venipuncture | $25.11 | $25.11 | $1.26–$16.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 Collection Venous Blood Venipuncture | $25.11 | $14.00 | $1.26–$16.00 | -79% | — source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Blood Draw | $27.59 | $27.59 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $6.24, median $15.40, highest $16.00 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $16.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 5 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.