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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedures

Blood draw through a small skin incision, age 1 or older

CPT 36425the billing code this page is about

Access to a vein through a small surgical cut in the skin to obtain blood or give fluids in a patient 1 year or older, used when a needle stick is not possible.

Hospitals typically charge $263 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 727 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $268. Most fall between $77 and $573 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
727
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 727 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
$52$92$263$502$910

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($52 vs $910).

How the prices are spread

$38 – $54: 41 hospitals$38$54 – $77: 68 hospitals$77 – $109: 87 hospitals$77$109 – $156: 70 hospitals$156 – $222: 44 hospitals$156$222 – $316: 78 hospitals$316 – $450: 89 hospitals$316$450 – $641: 84 hospitals$641 – $912: 58 hospitals$641$912 – $1,299: 36 hospitals$912median $263price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (655 of 727 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$38$5441
$54$7768
$77$10987
$109$15670
$156$22244
$222$31678
$316$45089
$450$64184
$641$91258
$912$1,29936

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$456
Median cash price$263
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.58×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $263.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $284 across 33 hospitalsWA$284Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 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 $95 across 10 hospitalsMN$95Illinois: median $121 across 35 hospitalsIL$121Wisconsin: median $318 across 12 hospitalsWI$318Michigan: median $129 across 19 hospitalsMI$129New York: median $472 across 41 hospitalsNY$472Massachusetts: median $359 across 13 hospitalsMA$359Oregon: median $113 across 18 hospitalsOR$113Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $101 across 28 hospitalsIA$101Indiana: median $92 across 12 hospitalsIN$92Ohio: median $189 across 10 hospitalsOH$189Pennsylvania: median $103 across 33 hospitalsPA$103New Jersey: median $600 across 29 hospitalsNJ$600Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $413 across 90 hospitalsCA$413Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $141 across 12 hospitalsCO$141Nebraska: median $177 across 19 hospitalsNE$177Missouri: median $109 across 17 hospitalsMO$109Kentucky: median $191 across 12 hospitalsKY$191West Virginia: median $296 across 10 hospitalsWV$296Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $315 across 10 hospitalsAZ$315New Mexico: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $119 across 13 hospitalsKS$119Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $68 across 10 hospitalsTN$68North Carolina: median $56 across 15 hospitalsNC$56South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $64 across 21 hospitalsOK$64Louisiana: median $125 across 11 hospitalsLA$125Mississippi: median $61 across 12 hospitalsMS$61Alabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $132 across 17 hospitalsGA$132Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $347 across 45 hospitalsTX$347Florida: median $274 across 23 hospitalsFL$274
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $263. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ29$600+129%$442 – $5,339
New York NY41$472+80%$107 – $530
California CA90$413+57%$297 – $863
Massachusetts MA13$359+37%$198 – $615
Texas TX45$347+32%$93 – $637
Wisconsin WI12$318+21%$75 – $527
Arizona AZ10$315+20%$160 – $385
West Virginia WV10$296+13%$77 – $1,198
Washington WA33$284+8%$77 – $872
Florida FL23$274+4%$274 – $781
Kentucky KY12$191−27%$92 – $1,602
Ohio OH10$189−28%$136 – $420
Nebraska NE19$177−33%$80 – $447
Colorado CO12$141−46%$73 – $311
Georgia GA17$132−50%$57 – $439
Michigan MI19$129−51%$129 – $614
Louisiana LA11$125−53%$93 – $139
Illinois IL35$121−54%$91 – $323
Kansas KS13$119−55%$57 – $420
Oregon OR18$113−57%$71 – $209
Missouri MO17$109−58%$65 – $293
Pennsylvania PA33$103−61%$25 – $456
Iowa IA28$101−62%$101 – $370
Minnesota MN10$95−64%$66 – $180
Indiana IN12$92−65%$67 – $253
Tennessee TN10$68−74%$36 – $559
Oklahoma OK21$64−76%$64 – $558
Mississippi MS12$61−77%$37 – $697
North Carolina NC15$56−79%$56 – $179
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $263.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care530$297$85 – $641
Children’s16fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access181$117$70 – $404
Ownership
For-profit64$346$92 – $783
Government158$152$59 – $519
Non-profit505$274$84 – $572
System affiliation
Part of a system556$293$85 – $614
Independent171$172$68 – $447

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$433
Median cash price$263
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

526 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $270 and the average of the middle 60% is $265; most fall between $75 and $591.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 526 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
$56$92$270$499$950

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($56 vs $950).

Of the 582 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 526 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 26 a list price only.

How complete is this

727 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 806 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted727
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
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 — excluded33
Hospitals that filed this code806

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 non-OR therapeutic cardiovascular procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Venous Cutdown >1 Y/O.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Blood draw through a small skin incision, age 1 or older (CPT 36425) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-36425-blood-draw-through-a-small-skin-incision-age-1-or-older