CT angiography of the chest cost in New Mexico

Prices at 14 hospitals in New Mexico, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $1,868 — about the US median ($1,860), roughly 6.7× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup, NM $1,061 $2,918 138 min
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque, NM $1,432 $2,386 ★ 2/5 217 min 14.9%
Lovelace Women's Hospital Albuquerque, NM $1,432 $2,386 ★ 4/5 199 min 14.0%
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque, NM $1,432 $2,386 ★ 4/5 154 min 15.2%
Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell Roswell, NM $1,432 $2,386 ★ 2/5 126 min 15.3%
Unm Hospital Albuquerque, NM $1,570 $173 ★ 2/5 279 min 15.3%
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver City, NM $1,790 $1,128 ★ 2/5 184 min 15.1%
Guadalupe County Hospital Santa Rosa, NM $1,946 $662
Union County General Hospital Clayton, NM $2,072 $2,664 130 min 15.3%
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos, NM $2,278 ★ 1/5 98 min 14.7%
Sierra Vista Hospital T Or C, NM $2,517 $1,275 171 min 15.2%
Artesia General Hospital Artesia, NM $2,653 $1,769 101 min 15.0%
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos, NM $3,453 $2,744 164 min 15.2%
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces, NM $3,695 $1,692 ★ 2/5 204 min 15.4%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated June 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$3,979
Cash / self-pay
$1,868
Insurer-negotiated
$2,386
Medicare pays
$281
$1,432$3,213
Median cash $1,868  ·  Medicare $281  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $1,868 — about 6.7× the Medicare rate ($281). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($561).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $3,979 list price could save about $2,111 (53%).

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