Emergency department visit (level 4) cost in New Mexico

Prices at 13 hospitals in New Mexico, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $841 — 12% below the US median ($950), roughly 7.1× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup, NM $331 $911 138 min
Unm Hospital Albuquerque, NM $393 $411 ★ 2/5 279 min 15.3%
Artesia General Hospital Artesia, NM $615 $413 101 min 15.0%
Sierra Vista Hospital T Or C, NM $820 $413 171 min 15.2%
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque, NM $841 $1,149 ★ 2/5 217 min 14.9%
Lovelace Women's Hospital Albuquerque, NM $841 $1,149 ★ 4/5 199 min 14.0%
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque, NM $841 $1,149 ★ 4/5 154 min 15.2%
Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell Roswell, NM $841 $1,149 ★ 2/5 126 min 15.3%
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos, NM $923 ★ 1/5 98 min 14.7%
Guadalupe County Hospital Santa Rosa, NM $1,063 $813
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver City, NM $1,219 $637 ★ 2/5 184 min 15.1%
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces, NM $1,436 $4,580 ★ 2/5 204 min 15.4%
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos, NM $2,121 $1,799 164 min 15.2%

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)
$1,524
Cash / self-pay
$841
Insurer-negotiated
$1,030
Medicare pays
$118
$437$1,392
Median cash $841  ·  Medicare $118  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $841 — about 7.1× the Medicare rate ($118). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($236).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,524 list price could save about $683 (45%).

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