Drug screen (urine) cost in New Mexico

Prices at 13 hospitals in New Mexico, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $284 — 152% above the US median ($113), roughly 16.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Union County General Hospital Clayton, NM $76 $98 130 min 15.3%
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup, NM $86 $148 138 min
Guadalupe County Hospital Santa Rosa, NM $91 $75
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver City, NM $184 $86 ★ 2/5 184 min 15.1%
Artesia General Hospital Artesia, NM $208 $139 101 min 15.0%
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces, NM $284 $282 ★ 2/5 204 min 15.4%
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos, NM $321 ★ 1/5 98 min 14.7%
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos, NM $394 $601 164 min 15.2%
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque, NM $716 $2,147 ★ 2/5 217 min 14.9%
Lovelace Women's Hospital Albuquerque, NM $716 $2,147 ★ 4/5 199 min 14.0%
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque, NM $716 $2,147 ★ 4/5 154 min 15.2%
Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell Roswell, NM $716 $2,147 ★ 2/5 126 min 15.3%

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)
$402
Cash / self-pay
$284
Insurer-negotiated
$215
Medicare pays
$17
$78$716
Median cash $284  ·  Medicare $17  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $284 — about 16.6× the Medicare rate ($17). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($34).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $402 list price could save about $118 (29%).

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