How Much Does a Vampire Facial (PRP Microneedling) Cost?

Start with the only national figure we can source: the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) estimates that a PRP skin treatment session in the United States costs $250 to $1,500, and that insurance does not cover it because it is cosmetic.

The estimate is for PRP skin treatment generally — the AAD's patient guidance on PRP — not one branded procedure, so read it as the scale for this family of treatments rather than a price list.

It is also an older figure: the AAD page carrying it is undated and references 2018, and we could not confirm a newer national estimate.

The pricing unit is the session, and a session is the whole appointment.

The provider draws a small amount of blood — the AAD's figure is about 2 to 4 tablespoons from the arm — spins it in a centrifuge to separate the platelet-rich plasma, spreads that plasma over your face and uses microneedling to help it absorb.

The AAD puts the procedure at about 45 minutes to an hour.

The name on the price list can differ from the procedure.

The official Vampire Facial site, as we read it in October 2026, says the name is trademarked by physician Charles Runels, MD, and that only providers listed in its Provider Group hold a license to use the "Vampire" name.

A med spa offering the same blood-spin-and-needling process under a name like "PRP facial" or "PRP microneedling" is describing the procedure, not necessarily the trademarked brand — so compare what is done, not only what it is called.

What the treatment is, and what the evidence shows, is covered in our vampire facial guide.

Plain microneedling is a device treatment: a needling device worked across the skin.

The vampire facial adds a blood procedure on top — the draw, the centrifuge spin, the sterile handling of the plasma and its application — and the AAD puts the whole procedure at about 45 minutes to an hour.

The blood work is the step a plain microneedling session does not have, and the step a vampire facial quote has to account for.

The blood work is also where the safety requirements live.

The AAD says the biggest PRP risk is how the blood is handled: it must be kept sterile to avoid infection, and the facility should use transfusion-center-style checks so that you receive only your own blood.

The FDA adds a microneedling-specific rule — re-using a needle cartridge, even a cleaned one, is unsafe, and patients should ask whether a new cartridge is used for each patient and each session.

Know what the add-on does not buy: proven superiority.

The AAD says there is little evidence that PRP for skin rejuvenation works or does not work, and that dermatologists do not yet know the best number of sessions, the spacing, the dose or the equipment.

Paying more for the PRP step is not evidence of a better result.

Quotes also have to be for the same procedure.

A "vampire facelift" is a different purchase: it injects PRP together with hyaluronic acid filler rather than needling the plasma across the skin, so a facelift quote includes filler.

And plain microneedling has its own pricing question — no confirmed national average either — which our microneedling cost guide covers.

Plan for a series, not one visit.

The AAD says most patients who get results from PRP have 3 or more treatments, that full effects appear within a few weeks to months, and that results can last as long as 18 months.

Keep the caveats attached to those numbers: they are the AAD's summary for a treatment it also calls unproven, and they are not a promise for your skin.

For acne scars there is a specific plan.

The AAD says microneedling with PRP for acne scars typically takes 3 to 5 treatments, performed every 2 to 4 weeks, and that studies found this plan can fade acne scars by 50% to 70%.

That is the AAD's summary of acne-scar studies — a research finding, not an outcome anyone is owed — and it is specific to acne scars.

Whatever a practice proposes, the bill is the per-session price times the plan.

Because the AAD says dermatologists do not yet know the best number of sessions or their spacing for PRP, a proposed plan is a provider's judgment call — one more reason to get the single-session price and the full-plan price separately, and to ask what happens to unused sessions if you stop.

If you are weighing how to pay for a multi-session plan, our med spa financing guide explains the common options and their terms.

Honestly: we do not have your city's price, and we will not invent one.

We could not confirm a current national figure for the vampire facial, prices are set practice by practice, and the $250 to $1,500 estimate is national and dated.

The quotes that matter are the ones you collect yourself — and they are only comparable if each one names the same things:

Price is the wrong place to relax with this treatment, because the cheapest quote is not automatically the safe one.

An unusually low price is a reason to ask more questions about licensing and sterile handling, not fewer.

The CDC investigation below shows what unlicensed, nonsterile practice can lead to.

What a treatment should cost you, and whether it suits your skin at all, are questions for the licensed provider who examines you — this page is the pricing background to bring to that conversation.