Lab tests CPT 36415 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Blood draw fee cost in Tyler, TX — inpatient

In Tyler, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for blood draw from a vein (venipuncture), collection fee only as an inpatient: from $3.50 to $8.90, with a median of $6.90. The lowest listed price is at University of Texas Health Center at Tyler — $3.40 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $19.80 at 293 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 36415, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$3.50University of Texas Health Center at Tyler

Median$6.90half of hospitals charge less

Highest$8.90in this market

Difference2.5×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 Tyler, TX.

median

Lowest $3.50Highest $8.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
University of Texas Health Center at Tyler lowest Tyler, TX · (903) 877-7777 Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample source file	$3.50	$35.00	$8.57–$24.00	90%
UT Health Rehabilitation Hospital Tyler, TX Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample source file	$6.90	$69.00	$6.45–$46.23	90%
UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional Hospital Tyler, TX · (903) 597-0351 Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample source file	$8.90	$89.00	$6.45–$58.74	90%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.

Inpatient: lowest $3.50, median $6.90, highest $8.90 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $6.90 — 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.