Mono test cost in New York

In New York, 98 hospitals publish a cash price for mono test (heterophile antibody, Monospot): from $6.00 to $273.24, with a median of $34.43. The lowest price is at Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp (Wellsville). The highest price is 45.5× the lowest.

• The median here, $34.43, is 39% below the US median of $56.20.
• That is 6.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($5.18).
• New York ranks 7th of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 33 of 98 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. 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 Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map