Lab tests CPT 82140 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Ammonia test cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for ammonia blood test as an inpatient: from $40.79 to $87.75, with a median of $75.85. The lowest listed price is at Monadnock Community Hospital — $35.06 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $87.75 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 82140, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$40.79Monadnock Community Hospital
Median$75.85half of hospitals charge less
Highest$87.75in this market
Difference2.2×highest vs lowest

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.

median
Lowest $40.79Highest $87.75

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 AMMONIA-URINE-STONE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $40.79 $67.98 — 40%
Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 AMMONIA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $58.71 $97.85 — 40%
Southern NH Medical Center Nashua, NH · (603) 577-2000 HC ASSAY OF AMMONIA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $66.97 $181.00 — 63%
Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Assay Of Ammonia File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $84.73 $229.00 — 63%
St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC AMMONIA+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $87.75 $225.00 — 61%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $40.79, median $75.85, highest $87.75 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $75.85 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

An ammonia test measures ammonia in the blood. It is used for confusion or drowsiness in people with liver disease and for some rare inherited disorders in newborns.

What the price covers

The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.