Lab tests CPT 82270 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT) as an inpatient: from $18.00 to $73.71, with a median of $24.79. The lowest listed price is at Monadnock Community Hospital — $6.79 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $24.79 at 5 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 82270, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$18.00Monadnock Community Hospital
Median$24.79half pay less
Highest$73.71in this market
Difference4.1×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 $18.00Highest $73.71

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough, NH OB - NEOPLASM SCREENING $18.00 $30.00 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough, NH MHP HEMOCULT SCREENING $18.00 $30.00 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH Hc Blood Occult Peroxidase Actv Qual Feces 1 Deter $24.79 $67.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH Poc-Occult Screen Sngl (Card) $24.79 $67.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH HC OCCULT BLOOD FECES $73.71 $189.00 — 61% —
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Inpatient: lowest $18.00, median $24.79, highest $73.71 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $24.79 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This stool test looks for hidden blood using a chemical reaction, as a screening test for colon cancer. It uses samples from three bowel movements.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the kit and testing the samples.