Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, 16 hospitals publish a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $6.00 to $161.00, with a median of $36.90. The lowest price is at Huggins Hospital (Wolfeboro). The highest price is 26.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $36.90, is 39% above the US median of $26.48.
- That is 8.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.38).
- New Hampshire ranks 42nd of 51 states by median, cheapest first.
- 7 of 16 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 82270. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$6.00Huggins Hospital
Median$36.90half of hospitals charge less
Highest$161.00in New Hampshire
Lowest saves$30.90vs the median
Hospitals in New Hampshire, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huggins Hospital lowest Wolfeboro · Wolfeboro, NH OCCULT BLOOD FECES | $6.00 | $12.00 | May 28, 2026 source file |
| Weeks Medical Center Lancaster · Lancaster, NH STOOL OCCULT BLOOD SCREENING | $14.56 | $26.00 | Nov 12, 2026 source file |
| Valley Regional Hospital Claremont · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT FECAL OCCULT BLD MULTIPLE SPECIMENS | $14.85 | $27.00 | Jun 6, 2026 source file |
| Androscoggin Valley Hospital Berlin · Berlin, NH STOOL OCCULT BLOOD SCREENING | $15.12 | $24.00 | Nov 5, 2026 source file |
| Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough · Manchester-Nashua, NH MHP HEMOCULT SCREENING | $18.00 | $30.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Southern NH Medical Center Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC BLOOD OCCULT PEROXIDASE ACTV QUAL FECES 1 DETER | $18.50 | $50.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Elliot Hospital Manchester · Manchester-Nashua, NH Poc-Occult Screen Sngl (Card) | $24.79 | $67.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Speare Memorial Hospital Plymouth · Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT Occult Blood 2 | $24.80 | $40.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CHG BLOOD OCCULT PEROXIDASE ACTV QUAL FECES 1 DETER | $49.00 | $49.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua · Manchester-Nashua, NH HC OCCULT BLOOD FECES | $73.71 | $189.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Frisbie Memorial Hospital Rochester · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC | $114.00 | $114.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Parkland Medical Center Derry · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC | $133.75 | $133.75 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Plaistow Fser Plaistow · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC | $133.75 | $133.75 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Dover Emergency Room Dover · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Blood, occult, by peroxidase activity (eg, guaiac), qualitative; feces, consecutive collected specimens with single determination, for colorectal neoplasm screening (ie, patient was provided 3 cards o | $161.00 | $161.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Portsmouth Regional Hospital Portsmouth · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC | $161.00 | $161.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Seabrook Emergency Seabrook · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH OCCULT BLD SCN 3 SPEC | $161.00 | $161.00 | Sep 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 7 | $49.00 | $133.75 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 4 | $18.00 | $21.64 |
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 2 | $14.85 | $19.82 |
| Berlin, NH | 1 | $15.12 | $15.12 |
| Lancaster, NH | 1 | $14.56 | $14.56 |
| Wolfeboro, NH | 1 | $6.00 | $6.00 |
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 stool blood test (FOBT) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Stool blood test (FOBT) explained.
Stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT) in other states
- Alabama$15.08
- Alaska$61.00
- Arizona$27.29
- Arkansas$21.01
- California$39.00
- Colorado$37.64
- Connecticut$17.98
- Delaware$34.28
- District of Columbia$34.13, 2 hospitals
- Florida$53.00
- Georgia$37.78
- Hawaii$31.03
- Idaho$24.90
- Illinois$28.83
- Indiana$36.00
- Iowa$32.83
- Kansas$27.00
- Kentucky$23.20
- Louisiana$14.40
- Maine$20.85
- Maryland$14.06
- Massachusetts$20.00
- Michigan$17.55
- Minnesota$35.29
- Mississippi$21.16
- Missouri$21.73
- Montana$36.10
- Nebraska$28.38
- Nevada$42.30
- New Jersey$5.04
- New Mexico$24.62
- New York$14.23
- North Carolina$16.49
- North Dakota$28.28
- Ohio$28.80
- Oklahoma$22.76
- Oregon$34.50
- Pennsylvania$20.40
- Puerto Rico$12.00
- Rhode Island$18.38
- South Carolina$30.00
- South Dakota$51.20
- Tennessee$18.90
- Texas$37.55
- Utah$62.20
- Vermont$18.28
- Virginia$23.00
- Washington$30.38
- West Virginia$16.06
- Wisconsin$21.12
- Wyoming$21.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.