Blood draw fee cost in Valdosta, GA
In Valdosta, GA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for blood draw from a vein (venipuncture), collection fee only: from $16.50 to $18.75, with a median of $17.63. The lowest listed price is at South Georgia Medical Center Lanier Campus — $1.13 less than the median here. Across Georgia, the median is $12.48 at 61 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 36415, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 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 Valdosta, GA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Georgia Medical Center Lanier Campus lowest Lakeland, GA · (229) 482-8402 INSERTION OF NEEDLE INTO VEIN FOR COLLECTION OF BLOOD SAMPLE | $16.50 | $22.00 | $9.34–$14.01 | 25% | — source file |
| South Georgia Medical Center Lanier Campus Lakeland, GA · (229) 482-8402 COLL VENOUS BLD VENIPUNCTURE | $18.75 | $25.00 | $9.34–$14.01 | 25% | — source file |
| South Georgia Medical Center Valdosta, GA · (229) 333-1020 COLL VENOUS BLD VENIPUNCTURE | $18.75 | $25.00 | $7.43–$12.14 | 25% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $16.50, median $17.63, highest $18.75 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 0 of 2 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.
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.