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Artery Puncture Collection of Blood Sample Cost in Georgia
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 83 Georgia hospitals. CPT 36600. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $128
📉 Low $22.75
📈 High $2,041
🏥 83 hospitals
🏛️ 52 with insurance contracts
🇺🇸 Medicare $26.79
Hospital comparison — Georgia
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 83 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | Aetna | Cigna | UHC | Centene | Humana | BCBS | MultiPlan | First Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DORMINY MEDICAL CENTER BOX 1447 |
$22.75 | $36.40 | $40.04 | $39.59 | — | $40.04 | — | $40.95 | — |
| MILLER COUNTY HOSPITAL COLQUITT |
$30.80 | $27.50 | $47.85 | — | $17.32 | $27.50 | — | — | $49.50 |
| DONALSONVILLE HOSPITAL DONALSONVILLE |
$37.40 | — | — | — | $130 | — | — | — | — |
| HIGGINS GENERAL HOSPITAL BREMEN |
$43.60 | $20.00 | $20.00 | $78.00 | — | — | — | $80.00 | $89.00 |
| TANNER MEDICAL CENTER - CARROLLTON CARROLLTON |
$43.60 | $78.00 | $50.00 | $78.00 | — | — | — | $80.00 | $89.00 |
| TANNER MEDICAL CENTER VILLA RICA VILLA RICA |
$43.60 | $78.00 | $50.00 | $78.00 | — | — | — | $80.00 | $89.00 |
| BACON COUNTY HOSPITAL ALMA |
$49.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CLINCH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HOMERVILLE |
$51.09 | $80.00 | $85.00 | $83.00 | $84.52 | $95.00 | — | — | — |
| JEFFERSON HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE |
$56.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT BALDWIN MILLEDGEVILLE |
$63.00 | $13.93 | $43.36 | $13.93 | $18.81 | $13.93 | — | $81.90 | — |
| MORGAN MEDICAL CENTER MADISON |
$65.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ST MARY'S GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL GREENSBORO |
$68.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SGMC LANIER CAMPUS LAKELAND |
$69.75 | $90.00 | $88.00 | $87.00 | $72.89 | — | $75.00 | — | — |
| SGMC BERRIEN CAMPUS NASHVILLE |
$69.75 | $90.00 | $88.00 | $87.00 | $116 | — | $84.00 | — | — |
| SGMC HEALTH MAIN CAMPUS VALDOSTA |
$69.75 | $80.00 | $88.00 | $87.00 | $72.89 | — | $73.39 | — | — |
| WILLOWBROOKE AT TANNER VILLA RICA VILLA RICA |
$74.80 | $78.00 | $50.00 | — | — | — | — | $80.00 | $89.00 |
| EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER SWAINSBORO |
$77.73 | $1.00 | $56.17 | $88.09 | $116 | $77.94 | $36.42 | — | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH BYRON |
$78.50 | $16.02 | $43.36 | $16.02 | $18.11 | $16.02 | — | $102 | — |
| CHATUGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL HIAWASSEE |
$78.75 | $48.83 | $55.13 | $34.65 | $82.55 | $55.13 | $55.13 | — | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH LEVINE CHILDREN'S BEVERLY KNIGHT OLSON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MACON |
$79.50 | $13.93 | $43.36 | $13.93 | $18.81 | $13.93 | — | $103 | — |
| CITY OF HOPE ATLANTA CANCER HOSPITAL NEWNAN |
$80.55 | $71.60 | $73.21 | $128 | $19.00 | — | $66.23 | — | — |
| MEMORIAL HEALTH DWAINE AND CYNTHIA WILLETT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF SAVANNAH SAVANNAH |
$81.00 | $19.53 | $64.80 | $16.28 | $11.83 | — | $5,147 | — | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD POLK MEDICAL CENTER CEDARTOWN |
$81.00 | $32.40 | $32.40 | $32.40 | $22.24 | $32.40 | — | $113 | — |
| ARCHBOLD BROOKS QUITMAN |
$83.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ARCHBOLD HOSPITAL THOMASVILLE |
$83.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ARCHBOLD MITCHELL COUNTY HOSPITAL CAMILLA |
$83.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ARCHBOLD GRADY GENERAL HOSPITAL CAIRO |
$83.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT REHABILITATION MACON |
$90.50 | $13.93 | $43.36 | $13.93 | $18.81 | $13.93 | — | $118 | — |
| LIBERTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HINESVILLE |
$91.13 | — | — | $21.87 | $20.07 | $91.12 | — | — | — |
| PUTNAM GENERAL HOSPITAL EATONTON |
$93.70 | $89.98 | $89.98 | $91.82 | — | $89.98 | — | — | — |
| ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD HARBIN MEDICAL CENTER ROME |
$95.50 | $122 | $101 | $126 | $32.60 | $124 | — | $134 | — |
| PIEDMONT COLUMBUS REGIONAL MIDTOWN COLUMBUS |
$98.89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT MCDUFFIE THOMSON |
$98.89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT AUGUSTA HOSPITAL AUGUSTA |
$98.89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT COLUMBUS REGIONAL NORTHSIDE COLUMBUS |
$98.89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| EVANS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CLAXTON |
$105 | $89.25 | $63.00 | $68.25 | $151 | $116 | $1,922 | — | — |
| ST MARY'S SACRED HEART HOSPITAL LAVONIA |
$118 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JESUP |
$120 | $175 | $160 | $201 | — | $191 | $147 | $215 | $179 |
| FAIRVIEW PARK HOSPITAL DUBLIN |
$122 | $31.55 | — | $30.13 | $17.81 | — | $4,363 | $110 | — |
| CRISP REGIONAL HOSPITAL CORDELE |
$125 | $88.00 | $93.00 | $74.00 | $162 | $70.00 | $87.00 | — | — |
| UNION GENERAL HOSPITAL BLAIRSVILLE |
$125 | $127 | $125 | $100 | $39.39 | $125 | $125 | — | — |
| PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT NEWTON HOSPITAL COVINGTON |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER SNELLVILLE |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT MACON NORTH MACON |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT ATLANTA HOSPITAL ATLANTA |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT NEWNAN HOSPITAL NEWNAN |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT MOUNTAINSIDE HOSPITAL JASPER |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT WALTON MONROE |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT HENRY HOSPITAL STOCKBRIDGE |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT FAYETTE HOSPITAL FAYETTEVILLE |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT ROCKDALE HOSPITAL CONYERS |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT CARTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER CARTERSVILLE |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIEDMONT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AT MACON BOX 9366 |
$128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER RIVERDALE |
$132 | $133 | $133 | $133 | $137 | $126 | $133 | $133 | — |
| DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF AUGUSTA AUGUSTA |
$138 | $29.43 | $5,882 | $21.46 | $20.09 | — | $4,364 | $82.55 | $103 |
| CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GEORGIA FORT OGLETHORPE |
$138 | $115 | $121 | $479 | $70.05 | $122 | $119 | $327 | — |
| UPSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER THOMASTON |
$143 | $134 | — | — | $196 | — | $3,034 | — | — |
| ST MARYS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS |
$145 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DODGE COUNTY HOSPITAL EASTMAN |
$146 | $109 | $1.00 | $1.00 | — | $116 | $60.50 | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 36600, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $121 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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That is the median of what the 83 Georgia hospitals above publish for Artery puncture collection of blood sample — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.
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Medicare reimbursement benchmark
For CPT 36600 in Georgia, Medicare reimburses about $26.79 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Georgia range from $22.75 to $2,041 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 4.8x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does artery puncture collection of blood sample cost in Georgia?
- Cash prices for artery puncture collection of blood sample (CPT 36600) in Georgia range from $22.75 to $2,041, with a median of $128. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest artery puncture collection of blood sample in Georgia?
- The cheapest Georgia hospital published cash price for this procedure is $22.75. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
- Are these the prices I'll pay?
- These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
- Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?
- Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
- Where does this data come from?
- Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.
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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Georgia facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 36600 (Heart & Vascular). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.