Foreign body removal cost in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 13 hospitals publish a cash price for removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple: from $48.95 to $470.27, with a median of $306.81. The lowest price is at Valley Regional Hospital (Claremont). The highest price is 9.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $306.81, is 37% below the US median of $484.50.
- That is 0.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- New Hampshire ranks 7th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 13 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 10120. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$48.95Valley Regional Hospital
Median$306.81half of hospitals charge less
Highest$470.27in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$257.86vs the median
Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Regional Hospital lowest Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT INCIS/REMV SUBCUTANEOUS SIMP UB FAC | $48.95 | $89.00 | Jun 6, 2026 source file |
| Huggins Hospital one side Wolfeboro · Wolfeboro, NH REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY FROM TISSUE; ACCESSED BENEATH THE SKIN; SIMPLE | $80.00 | $160.00 | May 28, 2026 source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough · Manchester-Nashua, NH MHP REM FOREIGN BODY | $84.60 | $141.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT INCISION & REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SUBQ TISS SIMPLE | $261.94 | $856.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Weeks Medical Center Lancaster · Lancaster, NH REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $272.72 | $487.00 | Nov 12, 2026 source file |
| Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT ED Remove FB SC Simple 10120 | $288.30 | $465.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Androscoggin Valley Hospital Berlin · Berlin, NH REMOVAL FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $306.81 | $487.00 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| The Memorial Hospital North Conway · North Conway, NH HC REMOVE FOREIGN BODY SIMPLE | $323.20 | $323.20 | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY FROM TISSUE; ACCESSED BENEATH THE SKIN; SIMPLE | $373.52 | $644.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC INCIS AND REM OF FOREIGN BOD SUBC TISSUE SIMP | $398.00 | $398.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Hc Removal Fb Subcutaneous | $434.75 | $1,175.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC REMOVAL FB - SUBCUTANEOUS | $461.76 | $1,184.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Southern NH Medical Center Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC REMOVAL FB SUBCUTANEOUS | $470.27 | $1,271.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 4 | $48.95 | $275.12 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 4 | $84.60 | $448.26 |
| Berlin, NH | 1 | $306.81 | $306.81 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 1 | $398.00 | $398.00 |
| Lancaster, NH | 1 | $272.72 | $272.72 |
| North Conway, NH | 1 | $323.20 | $323.20 |
| Wolfeboro, NH | 1 | $80.00 | $80.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What foreign body removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Foreign body removal explained.
Removal of a foreign object under the skin, simple in other states
- Alabama$516.50
- Alaska$591.00
- Arizona$800.42
- Arkansas$352.00
- California$983.94
- Colorado$608.38
- Connecticut$642.00
- Delaware$786.96
- District of Columbia$764.39, 3 hospitals
- Florida$982.80
- Georgia$1,116.30
- Hawaii$888.30
- Idaho$342.47
- Illinois$482.50
- Indiana$615.60
- Iowa$293.00
- Kansas$371.50
- Kentucky$395.96
- Louisiana$278.40
- Maine$242.85
- Maryland$490.59
- Massachusetts$549.50
- Michigan$369.00
- Minnesota$409.31
- Mississippi$279.00
- Missouri$491.06
- Montana$311.13
- Nebraska$346.95
- Nevada$452.75
- New Jersey$544.82
- New Mexico$591.81
- New York$644.15
- North Carolina$447.50
- North Dakota$426.68
- Ohio$670.35
- Oklahoma$365.30
- Oregon$405.80
- Pennsylvania$543.60
- Puerto Rico$103.83, 3 hospitals
- Rhode Island$489.00
- South Carolina$567.60
- South Dakota$644.00
- Tennessee$301.95
- Texas$524.59
- Utah$423.68
- Vermont$492.00
- Virginia$561.50
- Washington$551.02
- West Virginia$389.50
- Wisconsin$334.29
- Wyoming$295.58
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.