Blood draw fee cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 18 hospitals list a cash price for blood draw from a vein (venipuncture), collection fee only: from $3.36 to $35.40, with a median of $10.00. The lowest listed price is at University of Louisville Hospital — $6.64 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $16.22 at 80 hospitals.
- The median here, $10.00, is 41% below the US median of $16.83.
- That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($9.34).
- Louisville, KY has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Kentucky with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 9 cities for code 36415, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 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 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Hospital lowest Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 ROUTINE VENIPUNCTURE.+6 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $3.36 | $14.00 | $2.35–$14.00 | 76% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $3.53 | $5.89 | $2.85–$12.61 | 40% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY ROUTINE VENIPUNCTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $5.04 | $14.00 | $2.35–$14.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 US LAB DRAW VEIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $5.32 | $14.00 | $1.87–$14.00 | 62% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 US LAB DRAW VEIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $6.30 | $14.00 | $2.35–$14.00 | 55% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY US LAB DRAW VEIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $6.30 | $14.00 | $2.35–$14.00 | 55% |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB SPECIMEN COLLECTION VENIPUNCT+3 more lines at this price File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $7.14 | $51.00 | $5.00–$44.63 | 86% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 ROUTINE VENIPUNCTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $9.45 | $21.00 | $3.53–$21.00 | 55% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY ROUTINE VENIPUNCTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $9.45 | $21.00 | $3.53–$21.00 | 55% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB VENIPUNCTURE+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $10.00 | $50.00 | $8.25–$41.50 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB PEDIATRIC VENIPUNCTURE+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $10.00 | $50.00 | $8.25–$42.50 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB SPECIMEN COLLECTION VENIPUNCT+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $10.00 | $50.00 | $8.25–$41.50 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB SPECIMEN COLLECTION VENIPUNCT+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $10.00 | $50.00 | $8.25–$41.50 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB SPECIMEN COLLECTION VENIPUNCT+3 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $10.00 | $50.00 | $8.25–$41.50 | 80% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY ROUTINE VENPUNCTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $10.08 | $28.00 | $4.70–$28.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY ROTINE VENIPUNCTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $12.60 | $28.00 | $4.70–$28.00 | 55% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 ROUTINE VENIPUNCTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $14.44 | $38.00 | $5.09–$38.00 | 62% |
| Our Lady of Peace Louisville, KY ROUTINE VENIPUNCTURE File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $15.74 | $28.00 | $5.04–$28.00 | 44% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC Venipuncture File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $21.10 | $50.00 | $5.00–$18.68 | 58% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $25.65 | $34.20 | $5.00–$68.40 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $25.65 | $34.20 | $5.00–$68.40 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $25.65 | $34.20 | $3.09–$51.30 | 25% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 BLOOD DRAW VENOUS VP+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $35.40 | $59.00 | $0.70–$54.88 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $3.36, median $10.00, highest $35.40 — a 10.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $10.00. 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 17 of 18 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.
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