TB blood test (IGRA) cost in New Jersey

In New Jersey, 53 hospitals publish a cash price for TB blood test measuring immune response (IGRA, gamma interferon): from $22.00 to $645.30, with a median of $68.18. The lowest price is at Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell (Pennington) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 29.3× the lowest.

• The median here, $68.18, is 59% below the US median of $166.15.
• That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($61.98).
• New Jersey ranks 2nd of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
• 11 of 53 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 86480. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map