Joint aspiration or injection (mid-size joint) Cost in Albuquerque, NM

Prices at 4 hospitals in Albuquerque, NM, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $490 — 19% above the US median ($411), roughly 8.6× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Unm Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$135	$302	★ 2/5	273 min	—
Lovelace Medical Center	Albuquerque, NM	$490	$817	★ 2/5	212 min	—
Lovelace Women's Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$490	$817	★ 4/5	205 min	—
Lovelace Westside Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$490	$817	★ 4/5	159 min	—

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 September 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)

$1,634

Cash / self-pay

$490

Insurer-negotiated

$817

Medicare pays

$57

$242$490

Median cash $490 · Medicare $57 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $490 — about 8.6× the Medicare rate ($57). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($114).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,634 list price could save about $1,144 (70%).

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Doctors who perform this in Albuquerque

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Zachary Haas, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	222
Donnie Lujan, M.D.	Orthopedic Surgery	Albuquerque, NM	218
Drew Newhoff, M.D.	Hand Surgery	Albuquerque, NM	187
Matthew Patton, M.D.	Hand Surgery	Albuquerque, NM	156
Matthew Cobb, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	143
Andrew Schannen, M.D.	Orthopedic Surgery	Albuquerque, NM	94
Tommy Roe, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	41
Paul Whitehouse, D.P.M.	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	39
Richmond Kilpatrick, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	33
Daniel Peterson, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	27
Kennedy Zaccheo, PA	Physician Assistant	Albuquerque, NM	25
Jeremy Strange, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	17

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