Blood type and screen cost in New Mexico

Prices at 14 hospitals in New Mexico, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $94 — 7% above the US median ($88), roughly 9.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Unm Hospital Albuquerque, NM $72 $51 ★ 2/5 279 min 15.3%
Guadalupe County Hospital Santa Rosa, NM $78 $37
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces, NM $84 $65 ★ 2/5 204 min 15.4%
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup, NM $91 $152 138 min
Artesia General Hospital Artesia, NM $91 $61 101 min 15.0%
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque, NM $94 $281 ★ 2/5 217 min 14.9%
Lovelace Women's Hospital Albuquerque, NM $94 $281 ★ 4/5 199 min 14.0%
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque, NM $94 $281 ★ 4/5 154 min 15.2%
Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell Roswell, NM $94 $281 ★ 2/5 126 min 15.3%
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos, NM $99 ★ 1/5 98 min 14.7%
Sierra Vista Hospital T Or C, NM $115 $63 171 min 15.2%
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver City, NM $132 $47 ★ 2/5 184 min 15.1%
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos, NM $138 $94 164 min 15.2%
Union County General Hospital Clayton, NM $204 $262 130 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)
$197
Cash / self-pay
$94
Insurer-negotiated
$94
Medicare pays
$10
$80$136
Median cash $94  ·  Medicare $10  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $94 — about 9.6× the Medicare rate ($10). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($20).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $197 list price could save about $104 (53%).

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