Prostate cancer screening (blood test)
Facility: Cheshire Medical Center
Billing Code: G0103 (HCPCS)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $20 compared to the $22 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.91× fair market pricing.
One of the lower prices — 4 of 8 other NH hospitals charge more for the same procedure.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NH hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a Prostate cancer screening (blood test) is about $22 (about 1.2× the $19 Medicare rate). Cheshire Medical Center charges insurers about $20 — about the fair price. Located in Keene, NH.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $17 - $48 | 88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $19 - $109 | 98% |
| Aetnamajor | $17 - $34 | 88% |
| Cignamajor | $8 - $61 | 41% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $19 | 98% |
| AmeriHealth | $17 | 88% |
| Harvard Pilgrim | $20 | 104% |
| MVP Health Care | $8 - $61 | 41% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $51 | 264% |
| WellCare | $19 | 98% |
| WellSense | $17 - $21 | 88% |
| + 4 smaller / regional plans | $17 - $24 |
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Other Procedures at Cheshire Medical Center
Compare: Prostate cancer screening (blood test) at other NH hospitals
- New London Hospital · New London $19
- Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital · Lebanon $20
- Parkland Medical Center · Derry $20
- Portsmouth Regional Hospital · Portsmouth $20
- Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network · Salem $22
- St Joseph Hospital · Nashua $27
- Elliot Hospital · Manchester $27
- Frisbie Memorial Hospital · Rochester $27
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Cheshire Medical Center (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $17
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $17).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask Cheshire Medical Center's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $22 Fair BaseRate ($19 Medicare)
Your bill ($48) is $26 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($22) and 2.5× the $19 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.