Blood draw fee cost in Huntsville, AL
In Huntsville, AL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood draw from a vein (venipuncture), collection fee only: from $5.72 to $18.00, with a median of $11.86. The lowest listed price is at Crestwood Medical Center — $6.14 less than the median here. Across Alabama, the median is $18.00 at 11 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 36415, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 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 Huntsville, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwood Medical Center lowest Huntsville, AL · (256) 429-4000 VENIPUNCTURE,ROUTINE | $5.72 | $31.75 | $2.70–$26.99 | 82% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 COLL VENOUS BLD VENIPUNCTURE | $18.00 | $18.00 | $7.01–$29.67 | — | — source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 RO-ROUTINE VENIPUNCTURE | $18.00 | $18.00 | $4.50–$18.00 | — | — source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 INJECTION, OLANZAPINE, 2.5MG | $42.37 | $42.37 | $4.39–$27.54 | — | — source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 BLADE, BEAVER | $120.00 | $120.00 | $4.39–$78.00 | — | — source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 PLATE, 1/4 TUBULAR 8H | $851.00 | $851.00 | $4.39–$553.15 | — | — source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 BAR, CARBON CONCT LG 11X250 | $2,498.40 | $2,498.40 | $4.39–$1,623.96 | — | — source file |
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville, AL · (256) 429-4000 DRAWING BLOOD | $2,655.56 | $14,753.09 | $2.96–$12,540.13 | 82% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 OR-ROD 5.5MM SS/SS ST GLOBUS | $4,810.80 | $4,810.80 | $4.39–$3,127.02 | — | — source file |
| Huntsville Hospital both sides Huntsville, AL · (256) 265-1000 EPS-CATH,ABLATION BI-DIRECTION | $20,570.50 | $20,570.50 | $4.39–$13,370.83 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $5.72, median $11.86, highest $18.00 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $20,570.50, median $20,570.50, highest $20,570.50.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $10.05. 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 2 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 36415 ($18.72). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville, ALLABCORPOUT VENIPNCTR | $1.80 | file |