Abdominal CT, with/without dye cost in Manchester, NH
In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for abdominal CT scan without and with contrast: from $962.00 to $3,296.64, with a median of $1,282.91. The lowest listed price is at Southern NH Medical Center — $320.91 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $2,104.12 at 18 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 74170, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Manchester-Nashua, NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern NH Medical Center lowest Nashua, NH · (603) 577-2000 HC CT ABDOMEN WO&W CONTRAST | $962.00 | $2,600.00 | — | 63% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Ct Abdomen Wo&W Contrast | $1,045.99 | $2,827.00 | — | 63% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC CT ABD W&W/O CONT | $1,519.83 | $3,897.00 | — | 61% | — source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 CT ABD W AND W/O CONTRAST | $3,296.64 | $5,494.40 | — | 40% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $962.00, median $1,282.91, highest $3,296.64 — a 3.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,282.91. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This abdominal CT takes pictures before and after contrast dye. The two sets help characterize liver, kidney and adrenal masses and other findings that one scan cannot explain.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.