Lab tests CPT 86301 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

CA 19-9 test cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for CA 19-9 blood test (tumor marker) as an inpatient: from $67.34 to $209.40, with a median of $122.07. The lowest listed price is at Elliot Hospital — $54.73 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $122.64 at 6 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 86301, 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$67.34Elliot Hospital
Median$122.07half pay less
Highest$209.40in this market
Difference3.1×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 $67.34Highest $209.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Elliot Hospital lowest Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Immunoassay Tumor Antigen Quantitative Ca 19-9 $67.34 $182.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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Elliot Hospital lowest Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Immunoassay Tumor Ca 19-9 $67.34 $182.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC SO CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN 19-9 $122.07 $313.00 — 61% —
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Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 CA 19-9 $209.40 $349.00 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $67.34, median $122.07, highest $209.40 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $122.07 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

CA 19-9 is a tumor marker used mainly to follow pancreatic and bile duct cancers during treatment.

What the price covers

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