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Blood draw from a scalp vein in a child under 3

CPT 36405the billing code this page is about

A blood sample taken from a scalp vein of a child younger than three years, requiring a physician or other qualified clinician to perform the stick.

Hospitals typically charge $55 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 598 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $59. Most fall between $25 and $124 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
598
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 598 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$18$31$55$99$248

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($18 vs $248).

How the prices are spread

$11 – $16: 23 hospitals$11$16 – $24: 50 hospitals$24 – $35: 83 hospitals$24$35 – $52: 97 hospitals$52 – $76: 106 hospitals$52$76 – $112: 80 hospitals$112 – $164: 40 hospitals$112$164 – $241: 20 hospitals$241 – $355: 34 hospitals$241$355 – $522: 13 hospitals$355median $55price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (546 of 598 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$11$1623
$16$2450
$24$3583
$35$5297
$52$76106
$76$11280
$112$16440
$164$24120
$241$35534
$355$52213

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $55.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $64 across 17 hospitalsWA$64Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $52 across 21 hospitalsMN$52Illinois: median $55 across 24 hospitalsIL$55Wisconsin: median $70 across 23 hospitalsWI$70Michigan: median $26 across 18 hospitalsMI$26New York: median $38 across 19 hospitalsNY$38Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $45 across 23 hospitalsOR$45Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $58 across 29 hospitalsIA$58Indiana: median $48 across 20 hospitalsIN$48Ohio: median $67 across 12 hospitalsOH$67Pennsylvania: median $17 across 26 hospitalsPA$17New Jersey: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $126 across 73 hospitalsCA$126Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $49 across 10 hospitalsCO$49Nebraska: median $56 across 12 hospitalsNE$56Missouri: median $36 across 17 hospitalsMO$36Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $522 across 14 hospitalsVA$522Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $83 across 14 hospitalsNC$83South Carolina: median $11 across 13 hospitalsSC$11Oklahoma: median $25 across 16 hospitalsOK$25Louisiana: median $18 across 11 hospitalsLA$18Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $34 across 33 hospitalsGA$34Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $88 across 27 hospitalsTX$88Florida: median $52 across 13 hospitalsFL$52
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $55. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA14$522+857%$268 – $522
California CA73$126+131%$73 – $248
Texas TX27$88+61%$88 – $121
North Carolina NC14$83+52%$83 – $87
Wisconsin WI23$70+28%$42 – $70
Ohio OH12$67+22%$24 – $329
Washington WA17$64+17%$30 – $99
Iowa IA29$58+7%$40 – $103
Nebraska NE12$56+4%$46 – $119
Illinois IL24$550%$25 – $101
Minnesota MN21$52−5%$36 – $118
Florida FL13$52−5%$21 – $105
Colorado CO10$49−11%$29 – $139
Indiana IN20$48−13%$38 – $59
Oregon OR23$45−18%$43 – $79
New York NY19$38−31%$13 – $86
Missouri MO17$36−34%$21 – $53
Georgia GA33$34−38%$23 – $34
Michigan MI18$26−52%$18 – $29
Oklahoma OK16$25−54%$10 – $25
Louisiana LA11$18−67%$13 – $35
Pennsylvania PA26$17−68%$9 – $43
South Carolina SC13$11−80%$11 – $88
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $55.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care437$52$23 – $126
Children’s22$86$36 – $213
Critical access139$58$36 – $102
Ownership
For-profit37$48$29 – $119
Government106$56$34 – $106
Non-profit455$55$25 – $126
System affiliation
Part of a system486$58$25 – $121
Independent112$46$25 – $124

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$95
Median cash price$55
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

469 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $59 and the average of the middle 60% is $67; most fall between $26 and $147.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 469 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$21$33$59$120$268

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($21 vs $268).

Of the 503 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 469 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

598 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 668 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted598
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here25
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded44
Hospitals that filed this code668

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other Laboratory family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Vnpnxr <3 Years Phys/Qhp Skill Scalp Vein.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Blood draw from a scalp vein in a child under 3 (CPT 36405) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36405-blood-draw-from-a-scalp-vein-in-a-child-under-3