★★★★★
“Pamela was fantastic — calm, clean, professional yet warm. Exactly what you want for an at-home blood draw.”
Verified patient
Miami, FL
★★★★★ A+ BBB Rated • Nationwide Mobile Phlebotomy
Hospice blood draw near you
Hospice patients and their families deserve lab draws that respect the gravity of end-of-life care. At-home phlebotomy eliminates the burden of transport while keeping the draw aligned to comfort-focused goals—brief, gentle, and done in the patient's own space.
- Certified phlebotomists
- Nationwide coverage
- Lab-compliant handling
The process
Four steps. No clinic required.
From booking to lab handoff — the whole at-home blood draw, start to finish.
Step 01
< 3 min
to complete booking
Book with your lab order or kit
Choose a time window, add your requisition or kit reference, and confirm. We handle the rest from there.
- Pick a time that works for you
- Upload your lab order or kit reference
- Instant confirmation
Step 02
Live ETA
tracked to your door
Track your phlebotomist en route
You get notified the moment we're on the way. Identity and lab order are verified on arrival.
- Real-time location tracking
- Two-identifier verification at door
- Arrival time logged
Step 03
10–15 min
average visit time
Documented, precise collection
Best-practice venipuncture, lab-specific tube order and handling, chain of custody started at first stick.
- ASCP/AMT/NHA-certified collector
- Chain of custody initiated
- Collection reviewed & approved
Step 04
Done.
your part is finished
Seamless lab handoff
Specimens are packaged within stability windows and delivered to your designated lab. Full chain-of-custody end to end — nothing more required from you.
- Delivered within stability windows
- Drop-off time-stamped & approved
- Full chain-of-custody documentation
Why Speedy Sticks
Built around reliable mobile collection
Nationwide network
Certified phlebotomists operating across major U.S. metros and expanding markets.
Lab-compliant
Standardized labeling, chain-of-custody documentation, and routing tuned to your downstream lab.
Flexible scheduling
Arrival windows that work around your day — patients, employers, and provider teams.
Specimen integrity
Collection protocols aligned to order requirements so results are not delayed upstream.
Process
How a visit works
Simple, professional, and designed around your schedule — not ours.
- 1
Book your visit
Schedule online with your lab requisition, program instructions, or kit details so we can match the right workflow.
- 2
Phlebotomist arrives
A certified collector arrives in your scheduled window, verifies identity and orders, and prepares tubes per protocol.
- 3
Collection & lab handoff
We follow venipuncture best practices and lab-specific handling, then route your specimen with full chain-of-custody documentation.
Patient reviews
What patients say
★★★★★
“Valerie was wonderful and very gentle. She gave me all the information I needed and made the process completely stress-free.”
Verified patient
Los Angeles, CA
★★★★★
“I was nervous about a home blood draw, but the phlebotomist was so professional. I will never go back to a lab waiting room.”
Verified patient
New York, NY
Pricing
Simple, upfront pricing
$100–$250
typical per-visit range for most patient bookings
See your price before you confirm
Your exact visit price is shown during booking — no surprises, no hidden fees.
Visit fee is separate from lab charges
You pay Speedy Sticks for the at-home collection; your lab bills any test charges directly.
No insurance billing — pay directly
We don't bill insurance for the visit. HSA/FSA itemized receipts are available on request.
Priced to your visit
Final price reflects your location, timing, and what's being collected in the appointment.
The role of laboratory monitoring in comfort-focused end-of-life care
Hospice care philosophy centers on quality of life over quantity, eliminating treatments that burden the patient without meaningful benefit while maintaining those that support comfort and dignity. Blood monitoring in hospice is not diagnostic in the curative sense; results guide symptom management decisions: is this confusion caused by a correctable electrolyte imbalance? Does this fatigue reflect treatable anemia or disease progression? Is this medication at a level that controls pain without accumulating to toxic levels in declining renal function? The clinical questions are narrower and the intervention threshold is different, but the blood draw itself must still be done correctly and with care appropriate to the patient's fragility and circumstances.
Physical comfort and procedural gentleness for hospice patients
Hospice patients often experience significant physical fragility including compromised vascular access from poor circulation, nutritional depletion, edema, prior IV access history, or skin fragility from steroid use or disease. The blood draw must be approached with heightened gentleness: the smallest needle gauge appropriate for the order, the minimum tourniquet pressure and duration needed, and unhurried technique that prioritizes comfort over speed. If the vein is difficult to access, we attempt a limited number of times and stop if the attempt would cause disproportionate distress relative to the clinical value of the result. The decision about whether to attempt a redraw rests with the hospice clinical team and the family, not with Speedy Sticks.
Family and hospice team coordination for scheduled visits
Scheduling a hospice blood draw requires coordination with the family or primary caregiver and, when relevant, the hospice clinical team. The hospice nurse or physician provides the lab order based on current clinical goals; the family coordinates scheduling around the patient's comfort rhythm and their own caregiving availability; we confirm logistics and plan the visit. A family member or caregiver must be present throughout every hospice draw visit, both to support the patient and to communicate any changes in the patient's clinical status since the order was written. Hospice agencies with established relationships with mobile phlebotomy services can streamline this coordination through practice-level arrangements that reduce per-visit overhead.
When a blood draw is no longer consistent with goals of care
As a patient's condition advances, the hospice clinical team periodically reassesses whether blood monitoring remains consistent with the patient's and family's goals of care. When a patient can no longer tolerate the procedure, when the results would not change management, or when the burdens of the draw outweigh its benefits, the clinical team and family may decide to discontinue monitoring entirely. That is a profound and correct clinical decision that Speedy Sticks respects completely. If you contact us to cancel or discontinue a scheduled draw for this reason, we will handle the conversation with care. We do not require clinical justification for a cancellation. If the decision has been made, we support it fully.
Service areas
Available in major cities
Speedy Sticks provides blood draw for hospice patients at home across major U.S. cities and expanding regional markets.
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For teams
Providers & organizations
Clinics, labs, research teams, and employers use Speedy Sticks to extend collection capacity without sacrificing protocol fidelity. API integration, bulk scheduling, and compliance documentation included.
What Is a Hospice Blood Draw?
Hospice care focuses on comfort, dignity, and quality of life for patients with terminal illness. Lab monitoring in hospice is not curative—it is used selectively to guide symptom management, medication adjustment, and comfort-focused clinical decisions. Common hospice blood monitoring includes electrolytes (for symptom management), kidney and liver function, medication levels (for pain management drugs), and CBC when clinically relevant to comfort goals. Blood draws for hospice patients should be brief, gentle, and purpose-driven—honoring both the patient's physical frailty and the emotional weight of the care setting. Speedy Sticks provides comfort-focused mobile phlebotomy for hospice patients, coordinated with caregivers and hospice clinical teams.
Related services & coverage
Jump to the primary mobile phlebotomy hub, adjacent programs, or our locations directory — same nationwide routing for patients, providers, and labs.
Related reading
Education and lab navigation from the Speedy Sticks blog.
See it in action
A real at-home blood draw,
start to finish
Your certified phlebotomist arrives at your door with everything needed — no lab visit, no waiting room. Watch how simple it is.
- ✓Certified, background-checked phlebotomist comes to you
- ✓Any physician order or lab kit accepted — any lab
- ✓Specimens routed directly to Quest, Labcorp, or your lab
- ✓Same-day and next-day appointments available nationwide
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers on coverage, orders, timing, and logistics.
Yes. Speedy Sticks provides nationwide blood draw for hospice patients at home across major U.S. cities and expanding regional markets—book online to confirm availability for your address.
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