Hemoglobin A1c (diabetes test) cost in New Mexico

Prices at 15 hospitals in New Mexico, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $78 — 24% above the US median ($63), roughly 8.0× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Central Desert Behavioral Health Hospital Albuquerque, NM $26
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup, NM $35 $97 138 min
Unm Hospital Albuquerque, NM $44 $10 ★ 2/5 279 min 15.3%
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos, NM $47 ★ 1/5 98 min 14.7%
Union County General Hospital Clayton, NM $55 $70 130 min 15.3%
Sierra Vista Hospital T Or C, NM $75 $40 171 min 15.2%
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque, NM $78 $234 ★ 2/5 217 min 14.9%
Lovelace Women's Hospital Albuquerque, NM $78 $234 ★ 4/5 199 min 14.0%
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque, NM $78 $234 ★ 4/5 154 min 15.2%
Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell Roswell, NM $78 $234 ★ 2/5 126 min 15.3%
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver City, NM $79 $34 ★ 2/5 184 min 15.1%
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces, NM $85 $65 ★ 2/5 204 min 15.4%
Guadalupe County Hospital Santa Rosa, NM $106 $37
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos, NM $144 $94 164 min 15.2%
Artesia General Hospital Artesia, NM $209 $66 101 min 15.0%

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)
$132
Cash / self-pay
$78
Insurer-negotiated
$70
Medicare pays
$10
$39$129
Median cash $78  ·  Medicare $10  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $78 — about 8.0× the Medicare rate ($10). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($19).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $132 list price could save about $54 (41%).

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