Bilirubin blood test cost in New Jersey

Prices at 37 hospitals in New Jersey, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $6 — 86% below the US median ($41), roughly 1.1× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
St Mary's General Hospital Passaic, NJ $5 $5 ★ 3/5 183 min 16.2%
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus Denville, NJ $5 $5 ★ 2/5 164 min 16.2%
Saint Michael's Medical Center Newark, NJ $5 $5 ★ 4/5 176 min 16.0%
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJ $6 $3 ★ 2/5 169 min 14.9%
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville, NJ $6 $3 ★ 3/5 138 min 16.1%
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway Rahway, NJ $6 $3 ★ 4/5 110 min 14.9%
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth, NJ $6 $3 ★ 3/5 203 min 14.3%
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ $6 $3 ★ 2/5 197 min 15.5%
Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ $6 $3 ★ 1/5 182 min 15.7%
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital-Somerset Somerville, NJ $6 $3 ★ 3/5 184 min 14.6%
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City, NJ $6 $3 ★ 3/5 190 min 16.1%
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch, NJ $6 $3 ★ 3/5 129 min 16.2%
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ $6 $3 ★ 3/5 120 min 15.9%
Monmouth Medical Center-Southern Campus Lakewood, NJ $6 $3 ★ 3/5 146 min 16.1%
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton Hamilton, NJ $6 $3 ★ 4/5 174 min 15.6%
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Montclair, NJ $6 $140 ★ 4/5 234 min 15.1%
Jefferson Stratford Hospital Stratford, NJ $6 $5 ★ 2/5 235 min 17.5%
Centrastate Medical Center Freehold, NJ $6 $6 ★ 4/5 219 min 15.8%
The University Hospital Newark, NJ $6 $119 ★ 1/5 294 min 15.6%
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Camden, NJ $9 ★ 2/5 161 min 15.4%
Virtua Willingboro Hospital Willingboro, NJ $9 ★ 3/5 181 min 14.8%
Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ $11 $7 ★ 5/5 240 min 13.6%
Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ $11 $6 ★ 5/5 226 min 13.5%
Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ $11 $6 ★ 4/5 169 min 14.7%
Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ $11 $6 ★ 5/5 192 min 13.9%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated June 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$78
Cash / self-pay
$6
Insurer-negotiated
$5
Medicare pays
$5
$6$55
Median cash $6  ·  Medicare $5  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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Typical cash price here is $6 — about 1.1× the Medicare rate ($5). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($10).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $78 list price could save about $72 (93%).

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