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Specimen pickup: transport for a sample that has already been collected

This one is not a draw. Something has already been collected and now has to reach a laboratory in the right condition, inside the right window. Here is what providers need to know to quote it, and who offers it.

367 independent providers on PhlebFlow list specimen pickup across 130 markets. Published starting fees run from $10 to $275, typically around $75, paid out-of-pocket; the laboratory bills its testing separately. Send a request with your ZIP code and a provider who covers it contacts you to confirm a time.

What this service is

Specimen pickup is a courier run with clinical constraints. The collection has already happened — at a clinic, at a facility, or by a patient with a self-collected sample — and what remains is getting the container to a named laboratory before its receiving desk closes.

It is listed separately from a draw because it is a different job. Providers who take it handle the parts an ordinary parcel courier does not: documented chain of custody, temperature and packaging requirements, the laboratory’s own cut-off times, and a route that has to be repeatable rather than best-effort.

What to have ready

  • The specimen itself, already labelled with whatever identifiers the receiving laboratory requires.
  • The requisition or paperwork that travels with it.
  • The receiving laboratory’s name, address and cut-off time — the single fact that decides whether a pickup is possible today or tomorrow.
  • Any handling requirement stated by that laboratory: refrigerated, frozen, ambient, protected from light.
  • Pickup address, on-site contact and access details — front desk, gate code, floor, and the hours somebody will be there to hand it over.

Who usually asks for it

  • Clinics and practices without a standing courier run, or whose run does not cover a particular day of the week.
  • Long-term care facilities and home-health teams who collect on site but have no way to move what they collect.
  • Occupational health and research sites shuttling material between their own locations.
  • Laboratories filling a gap in a route while they staff a new area.

Requesting for an organization?

Employers, attorneys, clinics, laboratories, facilities and research teams have their own page: pick your segment and the request opens with the site and the service already set.

For organizations

First mobile visit? The logistics from request to lab drop-off: What to expect when a mobile phlebotomist comes to you

Independent providers offering specimen pickup

367 independent providers on PhlebFlow list this service, across 130 markets. Each sets their own prices and their own service area.

Published starting fees for specimen pickup on PhlebFlow currently run from $10 to $275, with a typical fee around $75.

Listing reviewed State license number listed Credential verified Insurance (self-reported)
Riverside, CA
At-Home Blood DrawDNA Collection (Legal & Non-Legal)Therapeutic Phlebotomy+8 more
$85
Base visit fee
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Antovia Health LLC
Listing reviewed Credential verified Insurance (self-reported)
Jackson, TN
Mon–Fri Open 24/7 Sat–Sun On call
At-Home Blood DrawSpecialty Kit Collection (Everlywell, Rupa, etc.)Specimen Pickup+7 more
$65
Base visit fee
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Ideal Mobile Lab Services LLC
Listing reviewed Certified Medical Laboratory Assistant (self-reported) Insurance (self-reported)
Phoenix, AZ
Mon–Fri 6:00 AM–6:00 PM Sat By appointment
At-Home Blood DrawSpecialty Kit Collection (Everlywell, Rupa, etc.)Specimen Pickup+2 more
$59
Base visit fee
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Handz On Lab Solutions LLC
Listing reviewed Credential verified Insurance (self-reported)
Irvington, NJ
Mon–Fri 7:30 AM–6:00 PM Sat 7:30 AM–1:30 PM
At-Home Blood DrawSpecialty Kit Collection (Everlywell, Rupa, etc.)Specimen Pickup+6 more
$120
Base visit fee
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Kalm Kare Mobile Labs
Listing reviewed Credential verified Insurance (self-reported)
Elkhart, IN
Mon–Fri Open 24/7 Sat 9:00 AM–1:00 PM
Specialty Kit Collection (Everlywell, Rupa, etc.)Specimen PickupPediatric Collection+9 more
$125
Base visit fee
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Nashville, TN
At-Home Blood DrawSpecimen PickupSpecialty Kit Collection (Everlywell, Rupa, etc.)+1 more
$80
Base visit fee
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Touch Of Texas Mobile Phlebotomy and Specimen Collection
Listing reviewed Certification self-reported Insurance (self-reported)
Austin, TX Spanish
Mon–Thu 7:00 AM–6:00 PM; Fri 7:00 AM–4:00 PM Sat 9:00 AM–1:00 PM; Sun 9:00 AM–12:00 PM
At-Home Blood DrawSpecimen PickupPediatric Collection+8 more
$88
Base visit fee
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Winter Haven, FL
Mon–Fri By appointment Sat–Sun 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
At-Home Blood DrawSpecimen PickupGeriatric / Senior Care+3 more
$85
Base visit fee
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Listing reviewed Certified Phlebotomist Technologist (self-reported) Insurance (self-reported)
New York, NY
At-Home Blood DrawSpecialty Kit Collection (Everlywell, Rupa, etc.)Specimen Pickup+11 more
$150
Base visit fee
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Gentle Touch Mobile Lab Services LLC
Listing reviewed Credential verified Insurance (self-reported)
Willingboro, NJ
Mon–Fri 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
At-Home Blood DrawSpecialty Kit Collection (Everlywell, Rupa, etc.)Geriatric / Senior Care+4 more
$90
Base visit fee
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Community Care Labs & Mobile Services, LLC
Listing reviewed Training certificate (self-reported) Insurance (self-reported)
Hagerstown, MD
Mon–Fri 7:00 AM–12:00 PM Sat 7:00 AM–12:00 PM
At-Home Blood DrawSpecialty Kit Collection (Everlywell, Rupa, etc.)Specimen Pickup+5 more
$68
Base visit fee
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Charlotte, NC
Mon–Fri By appointment
At-Home Blood DrawSpecialty Kit Collection (Everlywell, Rupa, etc.)Specimen Pickup+4 more
$65
Base visit fee
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Showing 12 of 367. Every provider offering this service, by state — the city pages above find the one nearest you.

Where specimen pickup is available

The markets below have at least one provider who lists this service. Each city page shows who covers it, their ZIP codes and their fees.

Tampa, FLDetroit, MILos Angeles, CANew York City, NYChicago, ILHouston, TXMiami, FLSan Francisco, CADallas-Fort Worth, TXOklahoma City, OKSavannah, GACocoa, FLManchester, CTWest Covina, CAJacksonville, FLColumbia, SCPhoenix, AZBaltimore, MDOrlando, FLDover, DEAtlanta, GAAurora, ILFort Myers, FLNaples, FLWest Palm Beach, FLSacramento, CAAustin, TXDenver, CONew Haven, CTGreenville, SCTulsa, OKSeattle, WAPaterson, NJPhiladelphia, PAFort Worth, TXVirginia Beach, VAGreensboro, NCCharlotte, NCLas Vegas, NVMilwaukee, WICleveland, OHLouisville, KYLawrence, MABirmingham, ALMemphis, TNNashville, TNBaton Rouge, LAKalamazoo, MIWorcester, MAFairfax, VAJackson, MSFrisco, TXMarietta, GAHarrisburg, PAProvidence, RIEdison, NJNewark, NJHackensack, NJBrooklyn, NYLake Charles, LABowie, MDTacoma, WAPatchogue, NYFlorence, SCLakeland, FLSarasota, FLPort Saint Lucie, FLConyers, GAWarner Robins, GAMacon, GAKaty, TXPark Forest, ILManitowoc, WITemecula, CARiverside, CALong Beach, CAIrvine, CAFredericksburg, VASicklerville, NJFreehold, NJGriffin, GAElkhart, INAnnapolis, MDKnoxville, TNPrinceton, NJUnion, NJGainesville, GALafayette, LASaint Louis, MORaleigh, NCButte, MTRichmond, VAAnchorage, AKSan Diego, CABrandon, FLCharleston, SCHuntsville, ALCedar Rapids, IANew Castle, PALake City, FLWichita, KSRockville, MDBradenton, FLBurlington, NCCherry Hill, NJAlbany, GAJackson, TNVicksburg, MSMorristown, NJShreveport, LADayton, OHGreenville, NCBuffalo, NYAllentown, PAYoungstown, OHAbilene, TXBoise, IDBakersfield, CAAugusta, GASpringfield, MARochester, NYTyler, TXSpokane, WAMobile, ALToms River, NJWilmington, DEHagerstown, MDIndianapolis, INTallahassee, FLLittle Rock, AR

specimen pickup by state

States with enough providers listing this service to have their own page, with the count in each.

Questions about this service

Is this the same as booking a courier?↓

No, and that is the point of listing it separately. Providers here are collecting professionals who understand handling conditions, chain of custody and laboratory receiving hours — constraints a general parcel service does not work to.

Who is responsible if a specimen is rejected?↓

That is between you and the provider, and it belongs in whatever you agree before the first run. PhlebFlow is not a party to the arrangement and does not handle specimens.

Can a provider cover a recurring route?↓

Many will, but availability, pricing and notice are theirs to set. Describe the cadence and the ZIP codes up front — that is what a provider needs to quote.

What the whole network charges, with real published fees: How much does a mobile blood draw cost?

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Do you offer this service?

Listing is free, you set your own prices, and you see every request before you decide to take it.

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PhlebFlow is a directory and logistics platform. It does not perform blood draws, order tests, operate a laboratory, or interpret results, and it gives no medical advice. The providers listed here are independent professionals and businesses, not employees or agents of PhlebFlow — confirm credentials, insurance and pricing with the provider you choose.