Emergency department visit cost in New Hampshire

Prices at 16 hospitals in New Hampshire, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $350 — 39% below the US median ($579), roughly 5.0× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Cheshire Medical Center Keene, NH $182 $266 ★ 4/5 214 min —
New London Hospital New London, NH $191 $163 ★ 3/5 160 min —
Huggins Hospital Wolfeboro, NH $210 — ★ 4/5 169 min —
Weeks Medical Center Lancaster, NH $241 $298 — 107 min —
Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital Colebrook, NH $250 $373 — 85 min —
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH $255 $192 ★ 3/5 264 min —
Androscoggin Valley Hospital Berlin, NH $272 $346 ★ 2/5 112 min —
Cottage Hospital Woodsville, NH $350 $125 ★ 4/5 120 min —
Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton, NH $351 — ★ 1/5 137 min —
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital Lebanon, NH $377 $412 ★ 4/5 118 min —
St Joseph Hospital Nashua, NH $435 $93 ★ 4/5 202 min —
Memorial Hospital, The North Conway, NH $449 $278 ★ 4/5 121 min —
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Dover, NH $1,314 $852 ★ 4/5 242 min —
Catholic Medical Center Manchester, NH $1,967 $1,684 ★ 4/5 221 min —
Portsmouth Regional Hospital Portsmouth, NH $3,374 $2,028 ★ 3/5 132 min —
Parkland Medical Center Derry, NH $3,707 $1,880 ★ 4/5 120 min —

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 October 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)
$680
Cash / self-pay
$350
Insurer-negotiated
$322
Medicare pays
$69
$200$2,671
Median cash $350  ·  Medicare $69  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $350 — about 5.0× the Medicare rate ($69). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($139).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $680 list price could save about $330 (48%).

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