Blood draw fee cost in Lancaster, PA — inpatient
In Lancaster, PA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for blood draw from a vein (venipuncture), collection fee only as an inpatient: from $5.00 to $17.10, with a median of $7.80. The lowest listed price is at Ephrata Community Hospital — $2.80 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $10.88 at 72 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lancaster, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephrata Community Hospital lowest Ephrata, PA · (717) 733-0311 Insertion of Needle Into Vein for Collection of Blood Sample | $5.00 | $26.00 | $16.59–$20.80 | 81% | — source file |
| UPMC Lititz Lititz, PA · (717) 625-2000 HC VENIPUNCTURE T/F | $7.80 | $13.00 | $4.82–$11.05 | 40% | — source file |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, PA · (223) 287-9000 SpecCollect SHem VP Tech | $17.10 | $59.00 | $4.50–$47.20 | 71% | — source file |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, PA · (223) 287-9000 36415 VENIPUNCTURE (SQ) Tech | $17.10 | $59.00 | $4.50–$47.20 | 71% | — source file |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, PA · (223) 287-9000 36415 ROUTINE VENIPUNCTURE Tech | $17.10 | $59.00 | $4.50–$47.20 | 71% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $5.00, median $7.80, highest $17.10 — a 3.4× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $7.80 — 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.