Precancerous spot removal cost in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $24.75 to $383.40, with a median of $72.92. The lowest price is at Valley Regional Hospital (Claremont). The highest price is 15.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $72.92, is 60% below the US median of $184.50.
- That is 0.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($204.98).
- New Hampshire ranks 2nd of 46 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 17000. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$24.75Valley Regional Hospital
Median$72.92half of hospitals charge less
Highest$383.40in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$48.17vs the median
Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Regional Hospital lowest Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT LESION DESTRUCTION 1ST LESN FAC | $24.75 | $45.00 | Jun 6, 2026 source file |
| Huggins Hospital Wolfeboro · Wolfeboro, NH DESTRUCTION OF PRECANCER SKIN GROWTH; 1 GROWTH | $43.00 | $86.00 | May 28, 2026 source file |
| Littleton Regional Healthcare Littleton · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT DESTRUCTION OF PRECANCER SKIN GROWTH; 1 GROWTH | $61.48 | $106.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT ED Dstr Premalgn Lsn 1st 17000 | $65.10 | $105.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC DESTRUCT BENIGN LESION 1ST | $80.73 | $207.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION, 1ST LESION | $95.78 | $313.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Hc Dstrct Ben/Prem Lesion | $208.68 | $564.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough · Manchester-Nashua, NH PULSE DI LASER | $383.40 | $639.00 | 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
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 | $24.75 | $63.29 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 3 | $80.73 | $208.68 |
| Wolfeboro, NH | 1 | $43.00 | $43.00 |
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 precancerous spot removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Precancerous spot removal explained.
Destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion in other states
- Alabama$237.36
- Alaska$203.42
- Arizona$191.38, 4 hospitals
- Arkansas$147.55
- California$320.00
- Colorado$168.00
- Connecticut$229.50
- Delaware$362.48, 2 hospitals
- District of Columbia$294.76, 3 hospitals
- Florida$284.25
- Georgia$142.20
- Hawaii$380.10
- Idaho$114.19
- Illinois$164.21
- Indiana$186.60
- Iowa$148.20
- Kansas$116.45
- Kentucky$104.00
- Louisiana$97.30
- Maine$101.40
- Maryland$261.98, 4 hospitals
- Massachusetts$273.00
- Michigan$191.83
- Minnesota$180.84
- Mississippi$125.70
- Missouri$137.80
- Montana$172.14
- Nebraska$130.72
- Nevada$218.00
- New Jersey$424.00
- New Mexico$128.40
- New York$290.00
- North Carolina$247.80
- North Dakota$198.50
- Ohio$202.40
- Oklahoma$100.00
- Oregon$164.35
- Pennsylvania$428.04
- Puerto Rico$2,500.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$191.80
- South Carolina$154.00
- South Dakota$242.40
- Tennessee$99.60
- Texas$198.33
- Utah$191.83, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$82.97
- Virginia$120.00
- Washington$185.30
- West Virginia$207.25
- Wisconsin$180.06
- Wyoming$64.98
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.