Insertion of Needle Into Vein for Collection of Blood Sample Cost in Iowa
What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 68 Iowa hospitals. CPT 36415. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.
📊 Median $20.90
📉 Low $3.36
📈 High $56.00
🏥 68 hospitals
🏛️ 54 with insurance contracts
Hospital comparison — Iowa
Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 68 hospitals.
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| Hospital | Cash | UHC | Aetna | BCBS | Humana | Molina | Cigna | MultiPlan | Centene |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI HEALTH MERCY CORNING CORNING |
$3.36 | $3.01 | — | $9.09 | $9.09 | $3.14 | — | $6.86 | $3.08 |
| CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY MISSOURI VALLEY |
$3.43 | $3.01 | — | $6.32 | $9.09 | $3.14 | — | $6.86 | $9.27 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FORT DODGE |
$7.14 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $9.09 | $9.54 | — | $5.71 | — | — |
| BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TH ST STORM LAKE |
$7.20 | $4.77 | $8.73 | $9.00 | $9.00 | — | $8.10 | — | $9.00 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY MUSCATINE MUSCATINE |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $3.72 | $9.54 | — | $8.85 | — | $14.54 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH IOWA LUTHERAN HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $9.09 | $9.54 | $9.27 | $7.01 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL CEDAR RAPIDS |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $9.09 | $9.54 | $9.27 | $8.87 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH BLANK CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL DES MOINES |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $9.09 | — | $9.27 | $7.01 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ST. LUKE'S SIOUX CITY |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $9.09 | $9.54 | $9.27 | $10.18 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ANAMOSA |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $6.44 | $6.63 | — | $11.48 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTHCARE FINLEY HOSPITAL DUBUQUE |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $9.09 | $9.54 | $9.27 | $10.05 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH TRINITY BETTENDORF |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $9.09 | $9.54 | — | $8.53 | — | $14.54 |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER GRINNELL |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $9.09 | $9.54 | $9.27 | $10.10 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH MARSHALLTOWN MARSHALLTOWN |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $5.82 | $9.54 | $9.27 | $11.48 | — | — |
| UNITYPOINT HEALTH ALLEN HOSPITAL WATERLOO |
$8.80 | $3.00 | $4.23 | $9.09 | $9.54 | $9.27 | $10.47 | — | — |
| CLARKE COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL OSCEOLA |
$10.27 | $8.04 | $8.04 | $8.04 | $8.04 | $3.17 | $11.76 | — | — |
| STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL NORTH NEVADA |
$11.20 | $10.64 | $13.58 | $12.18 | $14.00 | $14.00 | — | — | — |
| OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PENNSYLVANIA AVE OTTUMWA |
$11.98 | $8.83 | $9.09 | $13.28 | $9.27 | $9.16 | — | — | — |
| RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL MT AYR |
$12.60 | — | $7.98 | — | $7.98 | — | — | — | — |
| GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER JEFFERSON |
$13.44 | $25.00 | $6.60 | — | $9.27 | $13.00 | — | — | $4.55 |
| MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RED OAK |
$14.70 | — | $19.95 | $12.05 | — | — | — | — | — |
| HUMBOLDT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HUMBOLDT |
$15.30 | $16.32 | $12.07 | $13.23 | $13.23 | $13.23 | $12.75 | $12.75 | — |
| MERCYONE CEDAR FALLS MEDICAL CENTER CEDAR FALLS |
$15.60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DUBUQUE DUBUQUE |
$16.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE WATERLOO MEDICAL CENTER WATERLOO |
$16.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NORTH IOWA MASON CITY |
$16.90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LAKE CITY |
$17.60 | $11.44 | $11.00 | — | $22.00 | $22.00 | $14.52 | $11.00 | — |
| HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HARWARDEN |
$18.57 | $11.03 | — | $11.02 | — | — | — | — | — |
| FLOYD VALLEY HOSPITAL LE MARS |
$19.00 | $16.21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SUMNER |
$19.77 | $24.72 | $15.57 | $19.78 | $24.72 | $24.72 | — | — | — |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$20.00 | $20.00 | $20.00 | — | — | — | $16.00 | — | — |
| SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER SHELDON |
$20.00 | $7.73 | $7.73 | $7.73 | — | — | — | $22.50 | — |
| GREATER REGIONAL HEALTH W TOWNLINE ST CRESTON |
$20.29 | $15.34 | $63.00 | $64.00 | $64.00 | $59.00 | $89.00 | — | — |
| LAKES REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SPIRIT LAKE |
$20.90 | $16.76 | — | $9.09 | — | — | — | — | — |
| OSCEOLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER SIBLEY |
$21.98 | $23.43 | — | $2.75 | — | — | — | — | — |
| DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL PERRY |
$22.00 | $15.64 | $15.33 | — | $15.33 | $17.34 | — | — | — |
| JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER MAQUOKETA |
$22.00 | $12.10 | $18.46 | $45.69 | $40.29 | — | — | — | — |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL & CLINICS IOWA CITY |
$22.40 | $3.15 | $5.68 | $9.09 | — | $9.34 | — | $29.44 | — |
| GUTTENBERG MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL GUTTENBERG |
$22.40 | $25.76 | $14.56 | — | $28.00 | $15.22 | — | — | — |
| UI HEALTH CARE MEDICAL CENTER DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY |
$22.40 | $3.15 | $5.68 | $9.09 | — | $9.34 | — | $29.44 | — |
| CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CHEROKEE |
$22.50 | $25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 | $13.75 | $25.00 | — | — |
| MERCYONE CLINTON CLINTON |
$23.40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LORING HOSPITAL SAC CITY |
$24.00 | $28.50 | $24.00 | — | $30.00 | $30.00 | $28.80 | — | — |
| GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL GRUNDY CENTER |
$24.00 | $21.96 | $30.00 | $30.00 | $30.00 | $56.00 | $28.50 | — | — |
| SIOUX CENTER HEALTH AVERA SIOUX CENTER |
$24.25 | $21.33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MANCHESTER |
$24.80 | $37.70 | $34.34 | — | — | — | $88.03 | $95.00 | — |
| LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER CHARITON |
$25.20 | $15.40 | $15.40 | — | $9.09 | $19.60 | — | — | — |
| CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS COUNCIL BLUFFS |
$27.72 | $9.09 | — | $9.09 | $9.09 | $8.99 | — | $46.86 | $8.81 |
| BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER - CLINICS DES MOINES |
$28.00 | $1.80 | $5.62 | — | — | — | $28.00 | — | — |
| PALO ALTO COUNTY HOSPITAL EMMETSBURG |
$28.50 | $18.24 | — | $8.84 | $38.00 | $24.77 | — | — | — |
| BURGESS HEALTH CENTER ONAWA |
$28.80 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | $36.00 | — | — | — | — |
| HEGG HEALTH CENTER ROCK VALLEY |
$29.00 | $24.74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PELLA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER PELLA |
$29.00 | $9.34 | $11.02 | $11.02 | $11.02 | $10.15 | — | $20.30 | — |
| MERCYONE NEW HAMPTON NEW HAMPTON |
$29.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER NEWTON |
$29.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DYERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER DYERSVILLE |
$29.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE OELWEIN MEDICAL CENTER OELWEIN |
$29.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE ELKADER MEDICAL CENTER ELKADER |
$29.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MERCYONE DES MOINES MEDICAL CENTER DES MOINES |
$30.55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SPENCER HOSPITAL SPENCER |
$30.75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 36415, 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: $18.00 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample cost in Iowa?
- Cash prices for insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample (CPT 36415) in Iowa range from $3.36 to $56.00, with a median of $20.90. Prices vary widely by hospital.
- Where can I find the cheapest insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample in Iowa?
- The cheapest Iowa hospital published cash price for this procedure is $3.36. 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 Iowa facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 36415 (Heart & Vascular). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.