Keene, New Hampshire: the hospital's own report to Medicare
What Cheshire Medical Center pays nurses per hour
Average hourly wages in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, from the hospital's report to Medicare: the 8th highest registered nurse average of 13 New Hampshire hospitals. It is Dartmouth Health's, hiring on this site.
Cheshire Medical Center: common questions
How much does Cheshire Medical Center pay registered nurses per hour?
Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, NH reported an average of $58.93 per registered nurse hour to Medicare's occupational mix survey (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits): the 8th highest of 13 New Hampshire hospitals. New Hampshire's hospitals together averaged $62.36 an hour, all US hospitals $60.42 an hour. An average over every RN hour, staff and travel nurses together, not a starting rate.
What does Cheshire Medical Center pay LPNs and nursing aides?
Licensed practical nurse hours averaged $30.21 an hour (New Hampshire $39.59). Nursing aide hours averaged $25.23 an hour (New Hampshire $27.63). Medical assistant hours averaged $22.23 an hour.
What is Cheshire Medical Center's Medicare star rating?
4 of 5 stars in Medicare's overall rating; 78% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well, and 66% would definitely recommend it. It was not among the hospitals Medicare penalized for patient harm in fiscal year 2026. It is a non-profit hospital (every New Hampshire hospital by rating).
Is Cheshire Medical Center hiring nurses?
It is Dartmouth Health's, and Dartmouth Health's open jobs are on this site, read from its own job board. Every registered nurse job in New Hampshire.
Sources and method
The hospital's survey wages over its paid hours for each category, its own and contract staff together, before benefits; the state's over all its hospitals' hours. Medicare number 300019. Read 10 Nov 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare wage index occupational mix survey (FY 2027 April public use file)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital (Care Compare)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). What Cheshire Medical Center pays nurses per hour. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/hospital-nurse-pay/new-hampshire/cheshire-medical-center