Emergency department visit (level 4) cost in New Hampshire

Prices at 15 hospitals in New Hampshire, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $503 — 47% below the US median ($950), roughly 4.3× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton, NH $253 ★ 1/5 135 min 15.2%
Cheshire Medical Center Keene, NH $331 $403 ★ 4/5 224 min 14.9%
New London Hospital New London, NH $335 $239 ★ 3/5 154 min 15.9%
Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital Colebrook, NH $429 $1,004 85 min 14.6%
Weeks Medical Center Lancaster, NH $433 $531 106 min 14.6%
Androscoggin Valley Hospital Berlin, NH $487 $887 ★ 2/5 113 min 14.3%
Cottage Hospital Woodsville, NH $500 $125 ★ 4/5 118 min 14.8%
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH $503 $610 ★ 4/5 120 min 15.3%
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH $517 $361 ★ 3/5 266 min 15.2%
Huggins Hospital Wolfeboro, NH $603 ★ 4/5 139 min 15.0%
Memorial Hospital, The North Conway, NH $921 $276 ★ 4/5 115 min 15.4%
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Dover, NH $1,314 $1,529 ★ 4/5 232 min 15.2%
Catholic Medical Center Manchester, NH $3,051 $4,236 ★ 4/5 216 min 15.7%
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Portsmouth, NH $5,539 $4,246 ★ 3/5 135 min 15.4%
Parkland Medical Center Derry, NH $7,540 $3,996 ★ 4/5 120 min 15.5%

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)
$1,000
Cash / self-pay
$503
Insurer-negotiated
$610
Medicare pays
$118
$333$4,544
Median cash $503  ·  Medicare $118  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $503 — about 4.3× the Medicare rate ($118). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($236).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,000 list price could save about $497 (50%).

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