Lab tests CPT 36415 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Blood draw fee cost in Kansas City, MO — inpatient

In Kansas City, MO-KS, 5 hospitals list a cash price for blood draw from a vein (venipuncture), collection fee only as an inpatient: from $2.90 to $50.79, with a median of $11.52. The lowest listed price is at NKC Health — $8.62 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $16.25 at 30 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 36415, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 6, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$2.90NKC Health
Median$11.52half pay less
Highest$50.79in this market
Difference17.5×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO-KS.

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Lowest $2.90Highest $50.79

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
NKC Health lowest North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 VENIPUNCTURE $2.90 $10.00 $6.00–$8.18 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health lowest North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 ER Venipuncture $2.90 $10.00 $6.00–$8.18 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health lowest North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 Venipuncture $2.90 $10.00 $6.00–$8.18 71% Mar 6, 2026
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NKC Health lowest North Kansas City, MO · (816) 691-2000 Venipuncture bce $2.90 $10.00 $6.00–$8.18 71% Mar 6, 2026
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 BLOOD DRAW TX RM VAC $11.52 $24.00 $11.52–$21.60 52% —
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE $11.52 $24.00 $11.52–$21.60 52% —
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE VASC $11.52 $24.00 $11.52–$21.60 52% —
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 BLOOD DRAW TX RM VAC $11.52 $24.00 $11.52–$21.60 52% —
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE $11.52 $24.00 $11.52–$21.60 52% —
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Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE VASC $11.52 $24.00 $11.52–$21.60 52% —
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AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC CHG COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD,VENIPUNCTURE - DRAW CHARGE $50.79 $50.79 — — Apr 1, 2026
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AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC CHG COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD,VENIPUNCTURE - DRAW CHARGE $50.79 $50.79 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $2.90, median $11.52, highest $50.79 — a 17.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $11.52 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.