Blood draw fee cost in Lima, OH
In Lima, OH, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood draw from a vein (venipuncture), collection fee only: from $9.90 to $12.60, with a median of $11.25. The lowest listed price is at Lima Memorial Health System — $1.35 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $14.80 at 101 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 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 Lima, OH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Venipuncture, Coll Venous Bld | $9.90 | $11.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Venipuncture - Occ Health | $9.90 | $11.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Venipuncture - Rad Tx | $9.90 | $11.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Venipuncture(Mp).Mplvp | $9.90 | $11.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Venipuncture | $9.90 | $11.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System lowest Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Routine Venipuncture | $9.90 | $11.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center Lima, OH · (419) 227-3361 HC Collection Venous Blood Venipuncture | $12.60 | $21.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Lima Memorial Health System Lima, OH · (419) 998-4731 Venipuncture Oncology | $27.90 | $31.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $9.90, median $11.25, highest $12.60 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $11.25. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.