CMS Price Transparency Data

Vaginal delivery (full package)

Facility: Cheshire Medical Center

Billing Code: 59400 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,712

about 1.2× the $2,214 Medicare rate · typically $2,162–$2,961

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,666

About the fair price

about $46 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,214 Fair price $2,712 This hospital $2,666 Cash price $2,515 Hospital's list price $9,112

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other NH hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 7 other NH hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $1,224 Priciest $5,902

Black dot = this hospital, among the 8 NH hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Vaginal delivery (full package) is about $2,712 (about 1.2× the $2,214 Medicare rate). Cheshire Medical Center charges insurers about $2,666, or about $2,515 in cash — 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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

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	$2,457 - $8,695	111%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,457 - $9,101	111%
Aetnamajor	$2,331 - $7,836	105%
Cignamajor	$2,457 - $6,492	111%
Ambetter (Centene)	$2,457	111%
AmeriHealth	$828 - $1,402	37%
Harvard Pilgrim	$1,441 - $5,209	65%
MVP Health Care	$2,457 - $6,492	111%
Tufts Health Plan	$4,319 - $7,312	195%
WellCare	$2,457	111%
WellSense	$932 - $2,457	42%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$1,130 - $11,456

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 2,515), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 59400.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Cheshire Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 59400.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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Other Procedures at Cheshire Medical Center

Compare: Vaginal delivery (full package) at other NH hospitals

Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital · Lebanon $1,224
New London Hospital · New London $2,703
Parkland Medical Center · Derry $3,825
Frisbie Memorial Hospital · Rochester $3,851
Catholic Medical Center · Manchester $4,936
Portsmouth Regional Hospital · Portsmouth $5,207
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital · Lebanon $5,902

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.