Lab tests CPT 36415 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Blood draw fee cost in Winston-Salem, NC — inpatient

In Winston-Salem, NC, 3 hospitals list a cash price for blood draw from a vein (venipuncture), collection fee only as an inpatient: from $4.42 to $4.55, with a median of $4.55. The lowest listed price is at North Carolina Baptist Hospital — $0.13 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $6.48 at 37 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 36415, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 8, 2025 and Oct 21, 2025.

Lowest$4.42North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Median$4.55half pay less
Highest$4.55in this market
Difference1.0×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 Winston-Salem, NC.

median
Lowest $4.42Highest $4.55

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
North Carolina Baptist Hospital lowest Bermuda Run, NC HC VENIPUNCTURE COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD $4.42 $8.83 $2.34–$7.95 50% Oct 21, 2025
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North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC · (336) 716-2011 HC VENIPUNCTURE COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD $4.55 $9.09 $2.41–$8.18 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Lexington Medical Center Lexington, NC · (336) 248-5161 HC VENIPUNCTURE COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD $4.55 $9.09 $1.99–$8.18 50% Oct 8, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $4.42, median $4.55, highest $4.55.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $4.55 — 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 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.