Thoracentesis cost in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 11 hospitals publish a cash price for thoracentesis with imaging guidance: from $256.30 to $2,186.25, with a median of $1,063.30. The lowest price is at Valley Regional Hospital (Claremont). The highest price is 8.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,063.30, is 13% below the US median of $1,224.53.
- That is 1.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($640.89).
- New Hampshire ranks 18th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 11 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 32555. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 7, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$256.30Valley Regional Hospital
Median$1,063.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,186.25in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$807.00vs the median
Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Regional Hospital lowest Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT THORACENTESIS W/IMAGING IP | $256.30 | $466.00 | Jun 6, 2026 source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough · Manchester-Nashua, NH MHP THORACENTESIS W/IMAGE GUIDE | $306.00 | $510.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Weeks Medical Center one side Lancaster · Lancaster, NH ASPIRATE RT PLEURA W/ IMAGING | $761.60 | $1,360.00 | Nov 12, 2026 source file |
| Huggins Hospital Wolfeboro · Wolfeboro, NH ASPIRATION OF FLUID FROM CHEST CAVITY USING IMAGING GUIDANCE | $858.50 | $1,717.00 | May 28, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Hc Thoracentesis With Guidance | $908.72 | $2,456.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT US Thoracentesis | $1,063.30 | $1,715.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Southern NH Medical Center Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC THORACENTESIS WITH GUIDANCE | $1,106.67 | $2,991.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC ASPIRATE PLEURA W/ IMAGING | $1,160.64 | $2,976.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT THORACENTESIS NEEDLE/CATHETER PLEURA W/IMAGING | $1,175.96 | $3,843.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC THORAC NEEDLE OR CATH OR PLEURAL SPACE W IMAGING | $2,151.00 | $2,151.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Memorial Hospital North Conway · North Conway, NH HC ASPIRATE PLEURA W/ IMAGING GUIDANCE | $2,186.25 | $2,186.25 | Sep 9, 2025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 4 | $306.00 | $1,007.70 |
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 3 | $256.30 | $1,063.30 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 1 | $2,151.00 | $2,151.00 |
| Lancaster, NH | 1 | $761.60 | $761.60 |
| North Conway, NH | 1 | $2,186.25 | $2,186.25 |
| Wolfeboro, NH | 1 | $858.50 | $858.50 |
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 thoracentesis is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Thoracentesis explained.
Thoracentesis with imaging guidance in other states
- Alabama$1,055.53
- Alaska$2,211.30
- Arizona$1,106.95
- Arkansas$925.00
- California$2,033.20
- Colorado$1,250.95
- Connecticut$1,253.00
- Delaware$1,784.75
- District of Columbia$1,228.69, 3 hospitals
- Florida$1,874.28
- Georgia$1,410.41
- Hawaii$1,434.00
- Idaho$1,155.70
- Illinois$1,250.00
- Indiana$1,095.50
- Iowa$983.20
- Kansas$969.83
- Kentucky$978.22
- Louisiana$646.80
- Maine$686.40
- Maryland$1,249.16
- Massachusetts$1,787.00
- Michigan$1,092.18
- Minnesota$926.91
- Mississippi$843.94
- Missouri$1,022.79
- Montana$927.54
- Nebraska$939.00
- Nevada$1,259.58
- New Jersey$1,782.00
- New Mexico$1,229.41
- New York$1,282.00
- North Carolina$1,029.60
- North Dakota$792.75
- Ohio$1,737.60
- Oklahoma$684.00
- Oregon$1,534.65
- Pennsylvania$1,474.38
- Puerto Rico$600.00, 4 hospitals
- Rhode Island$1,714.65
- South Carolina$1,404.00
- South Dakota$1,842.00
- Tennessee$633.65
- Texas$1,410.82
- Utah$1,018.79
- Vermont$1,258.00
- Virginia$1,321.80
- Washington$1,321.84
- West Virginia$1,250.40
- Wisconsin$1,200.00
- Wyoming$1,088.89
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.