Joint injection (cortisone shot) cost in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 13 hospitals publish a cash price for injection or fluid drainage of a major joint (knee, shoulder, hip), no ultrasound: from $62.15 to $2,134.43, with a median of $336.29. The lowest price is at Valley Regional Hospital (Claremont). The highest price is 34.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $336.29, is 24% below the US median of $439.76.
- That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
- New Hampshire ranks 12th 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 20610. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$62.15Valley Regional Hospital
Median$336.29half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,134.43in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$274.14vs the median
Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Regional Hospital lowest Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT INJECT DRAIN JOINT BURSA PRO | $62.15 | $113.00 | Jun 6, 2026 source file |
| Androscoggin Valley Hospital Berlin · Berlin, NH DRAIN/INJ MAJOR JNT/BURSA | $91.98 | $146.00 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| Littleton Regional Healthcare one side Littleton · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION OF FLUID FROM LARGE JOINT | $134.56 | $232.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Weeks Medical Center Lancaster · Lancaster, NH DRAIN/INJ MAJOR JNT/BURSA | $186.48 | $333.00 | Nov 12, 2026 source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough · Manchester-Nashua, NH ARTHROCENTESIS,MAJOR JOINT | $267.60 | $446.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Memorial Hospital North Conway · North Conway, NH HC DRAIN/INJ MAJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US GUIDANCE | $323.20 | $323.20 | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIRATION &/OR INJ INTERM JT OR BURSA WO US | $336.29 | $1,099.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Hc Asp/Inj Major Joint/Bursa Wo Us Guidance | $360.75 | $975.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Southern NH Medical Center Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC ASP/INJ MAJOR JOINT/BURSA WO US GUIDANCE | $370.74 | $1,002.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Huggins Hospital Wolfeboro · Wolfeboro, NH DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $473.50 | $947.00 | May 28, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC ARTHROCENT/ASPIRATION MAJ JNT | $663.00 | $1,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT XR Joint Injection LG | $959.76 | $1,548.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR AND OR INJ MAJOR JOINT BURSA WO US | $2,134.43 | $2,134.43 | 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 | $62.15 | $235.42 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 4 | $267.60 | $365.74 |
| Berlin, NH | 1 | $91.98 | $91.98 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 1 | $2,134.43 | $2,134.43 |
| Lancaster, NH | 1 | $186.48 | $186.48 |
| North Conway, NH | 1 | $323.20 | $323.20 |
| Wolfeboro, NH | 1 | $473.50 | $473.50 |
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 joint injection (cortisone shot) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Joint injection (cortisone shot) explained.
Injection or fluid drainage of a major joint (knee, shoulder, hip), no ultrasound in other states
- Alabama$385.00
- Alaska$418.00
- Arizona$567.43
- Arkansas$399.31
- California$951.60
- Colorado$344.34
- Connecticut$652.05
- Delaware$960.45
- District of Columbia$557.92, 3 hospitals
- Florida$668.20
- Georgia$905.19
- Hawaii$599.25
- Idaho$305.00
- Illinois$494.00
- Indiana$412.92
- Iowa$354.00
- Kansas$342.23
- Kentucky$391.16
- Louisiana$258.30
- Maine$269.32
- Maryland$240.42
- Massachusetts$566.25
- Michigan$422.07
- Minnesota$362.85
- Mississippi$248.95
- Missouri$290.88
- Montana$275.85
- Nebraska$198.69
- Nevada$333.00
- New Jersey$1,065.25
- New Mexico$427.38
- New York$505.82
- North Carolina$418.80
- North Dakota$303.20
- Ohio$696.00
- Oklahoma$366.05
- Oregon$312.00
- Pennsylvania$468.12
- Puerto Rico$2,100.00, 3 hospitals
- Rhode Island$1,510.00
- South Carolina$646.52
- South Dakota$688.00
- Tennessee$343.47
- Texas$592.44
- Utah$460.95
- Vermont$681.90
- Virginia$387.46
- Washington$484.86
- West Virginia$343.50
- Wisconsin$399.36
- Wyoming$408.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.