This list shows the 2011 charges by Southern New Hampshire Medical Center andSt. Joseph Hospital for 52 procedures in which both hospitals had enough discharged patients to be listed on a federal database.

They are listed in the order by which charges differ between hospitals, starting with procedures in whichSt. Joseph charges the largest difference than SNHMC – for poisoning, its charge is 121 percent higher – down to charges where SNHMC costs more – in renal failure, its price tag is 32 percent higher.

St. Joseph prices are higher in 40 of the 52 categories.

In this code, “CC” means “complications and co-morbidity” while MCC means major complications and co-morbidity. Co-morbidity refers to other ailments unrelated to the primary problem.

SNHMC # patients Average Charge St. Joseph # patients Average Charge

POISONING & TOXIC EFFECTS OF DRUGS w/o MCC

SNHMC 12 $9,944 St. Joseph 11 $22,060

HIP & FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT w/ CC

SNHMC 24 $27,813 St. Joseph 19 $45,844

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE w/o CC/MCC

SNHMC 30 $9,748 St. Joseph 26 $13,719

MAJOR SMALL & LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES w/ CC

SNHMC 16 $36,075 St. Joseph 15 $48,234

MAJOR JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY w/ MCC

SNHMC 11 $54,739 St. Joseph 11 $72,888

SIMPLE PNEUMONIA & PLEURISY w/ CC

SNHMC 70 $14,873 St. Joseph 56 $19,743

MAJOR JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY w/o MCC

SNHMC 112 $44,461 St. Joseph 120 $57,513

HEART FAILURE & SHOCK w/o CC/MCC

SNHMC 19 $10,519 St. Joseph 31 $13,589

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE w/o CC/MCC

SNHMC 21 $15,014 St. Joseph 15 $19,176

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE w/ CC

SNHMC 26 $16,358 St. Joseph 29 $20,872

G.I. HEMORRHAGE w/ CC

SNHMC 37 $17,739 St. Joseph 42 $22,192

RENAL FAILURE w/ CC

SNHMC 36 $13,599 St. Joseph 34 $16,662

ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENT & MISC DIGEST DISORDERS w/ MCC

SNHMC 20 $16,853 St. Joseph 13 $20,554

CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, w/ CARD CATH w/o MCC

SNHMC 20 $20,902 St. Joseph 15 $25,355

RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS w/o MCC

SNHMC 22 $12,113 St. Joseph 18 $14,685

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA & CONDUCTION DISORDERS w/o CC/MCC

SNHMC 28 $8,925 St. Joseph 38 $10,785

SIMPLE PNEUMONIA & PLEURISY w/ MCC

SNHMC 78 $21,366 St. Joseph 67 $25,648

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE w/ CC

SNHMC 58 $14,267 St. Joseph 58 $17,080

G.I. OBSTRUCTION w/o CC/MCC

SNHMC 11 $10,577 St. Joseph 23 $12,528

SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS w/o MV 96+ HOURS w/o MCC

SNHMC 16 $13,303 St. Joseph 28 $15,709

SEIZURES w/o MCC

SNHMC 11 $14,447 St. Joseph 11 $17,007

HEART FAILURE & SHOCK w/ MCC

SNHMC 64 $19,767 St. Joseph 56 $22,972

PULMONARY EMBOLISM w/o MCC

SNHMC 11 $18,041 St. Joseph 23 $20,878

SIMPLE PNEUMONIA & PLEURISY w/o CC/MCC

SNHMC 26 $10,609 St. Joseph 25 $12,218

MAJOR SMALL & LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES w/ MCC

SNHMC 17 $65,982 St. Joseph 16 $75,465

PULMONARY EDEMA & RESPIRATORY FAILURE

SNHMC 33 $22,364 St. Joseph 12 $25,545

SIGNS & SYMPTOMS w/o MCC

SNHMC 12 $14,372 St. Joseph 13 $16,338

DIABETES w/ CC

SNHMC 13 $9,423 St. Joseph 16 $10,616

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS & INFLAMMATIONS w/ MCC

SNHMC 40 $27,039 St. Joseph 37 $30,393

ALCOHOL/DRUG ABUSE OR DEPENDENCE w/o REHABILITATION THERAPY w/o MCC

SNHMC 13 $10,360 St. Joseph 16 $11,310

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE w/ MCC

SNHMC 89 $17,446 St. Joseph 43 $18,884

INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION w/ MCC

SNHMC 17 $27,064 St. Joseph 23 $29,247

G.I. HEMORRHAGE w/ MCC

SNHMC 11 $32,820 St. Joseph 18 $35,210

MEDICAL BACK PROBLEMS w/o MCC

SNHMC 14 $13,650 St. Joseph 26 $14,610

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA & CONDUCTION DISORDERS w/ CC

SNHMC 31 $12,755 St. Joseph 26 $13,649

OTHER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DIAGNOSES w/ CC

SNHMC 12 $15,668 St. Joseph 17 $16,469

CELLULITIS w/o MCC

SNHMC 68 $11,649 St. Joseph 33 $12,167

INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION w/ CC

SNHMC 31 $19,423 St. Joseph 43 $20,108

SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS w/o MV 96+ HOURS w/ MCC

SNHMC 76 $24,012 St. Joseph 77 $24,335

HEART FAILURE & SHOCK w/ CC

SNHMC 70 $16,165 St. Joseph 62 $16,339

CHEST PAIN

SNHMC 11 $11,765 St. Joseph 25 $11,743

CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA & CONDUCTION DISORDERS w/ MCC

SNHMC 29 $16,771 St. Joseph 35 $16,529

ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENT & MISC DIGEST DISORDERS w/o MCC

SNHMC 59 $14,914 St. Joseph 96 $14,498

RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS & INFLAMMATIONS w/ CC

SNHMC 15 $18,705 St. Joseph 13 $18,062

SYNCOPE & COLLAPSE

SNHMC 28 $16,812 St. Joseph 41 $15,928

KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS w/ MCC

SNHMC 21 $15,631 St. Joseph 30 $14,509

MISC DISORDERS OF NUTRITION,METABOLISM,FLUIDS/ELECTROLYTES w/o MCC

SNHMC 31 $12,820 St. Joseph 26 $11,571

INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION w/o CC/MCC

SNHMC 16 $19,460 St. Joseph 13 $17,503

KIDNEY & URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS w/o MCC

SNHMC 44 $12,401 St. Joseph 41 $10,936

G.I. OBSTRUCTION w/ CC

SNHMC 33 $13,963 St. Joseph 13 $11,823

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE w/ MCC

SNHMC 29 $26,917 St. Joseph 40 $22,611

RENAL FAILURE w/ MCC

SNHMC 35 $30,932 St. Joseph 26 $23,425