Mono test cost in New Jersey

In New Jersey, 42 hospitals publish a cash price for mono test (heterophile antibody, Monospot): from $5.70 to $1,904.00, with a median of $11.75. The lowest price is at Clara Maass Medical Center (Belleville) and 11 other hospitals. The highest price is 334.0× the lowest.

• The median here, $11.75, is 79% below the US median of $56.20.
• That is 2.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($5.18).
• New Jersey has the lowest median of 51 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
• 11 of 42 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Why New Jersey prices look low: under state law (P.L.2008, c.60), a hospital may not charge an uninsured New Jersey resident whose family income is below 500% of the federal poverty level more than 115% of what Medicare pays for the same service. If that is you, ask the hospital's billing office to apply this limit; a separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 86308. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 29, 2026. See them on a map