Simple wound stitches cost in New Hampshire

Prices at 15 hospitals in New Hampshire, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $279 — 11% below the US median ($313), roughly 2.2× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Cottage Hospital Woodsville, NH $103 $212 ★ 4/5 118 min 14.8%
New London Hospital New London, NH $151 $128 ★ 3/5 154 min 15.9%
Huggins Hospital Wolfeboro, NH $176 ★ 4/5 139 min 15.0%
Weeks Medical Center Lancaster, NH $241 $435 106 min 14.6%
Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton, NH $259 ★ 1/5 135 min 15.2%
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH $272 $367 ★ 4/5 120 min 15.3%
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH $286 $244 ★ 3/5 266 min 15.2%
Memorial Hospital, The North Conway, NH $293 $176 ★ 4/5 115 min 15.4%
Cheshire Medical Center Keene, NH $302 $218 ★ 4/5 224 min 14.9%
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Dover, NH $318 $288 ★ 4/5 232 min 15.2%
Androscoggin Valley Hospital Berlin, NH $358 $502 ★ 2/5 113 min 14.3%
Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital Colebrook, NH $398 $488 85 min 14.6%

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)
$476
Cash / self-pay
$279
Insurer-negotiated
$367
Medicare pays
$127
$154$354
Median cash $279  ·  Medicare $127  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $279 — about 2.2× the Medicare rate ($127). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($253).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $476 list price could save about $197 (41%).

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