Soft tissue ultrasound Cost in Albuquerque, NM (2026)

Prices at 4 hospitals in Albuquerque, NM, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $200 — 42% below the US median ($343), roughly 3.1× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Unm Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$198	$103	★ 2/5	273 min	—
Lovelace Medical Center	Albuquerque, NM	$200	$599	★ 2/5	212 min	—
Lovelace Women's Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$200	$599	★ 4/5	205 min	—
Lovelace Westside Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$200	$599	★ 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)

$665

Cash / self-pay

$200

Insurer-negotiated

$599

Medicare pays

$64

$198$200

Median cash $200 · Medicare $64 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $200 — about 3.1× the Medicare rate ($64). On the higher side. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($128).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $665 list price could save about $466 (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
Alexander Jenks, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	113
Uchenna Chukwurah, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	83
David Sotelo, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	77
Brent Frame, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	69
Mark Margiotta, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	45
Naga Suresh Cheppalli, MD	Orthopedic Surgery	Albuquerque, NM	24
Kaitlin Peterson, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	Albuquerque, NM	22
Steven Wrege, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	22
Brigid Gerety, MD	Diagnostic Radiology	Albuquerque, NM	19
David Hyer, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	19
Brett Weitzel, M.D.	Diagnostic Radiology	Albuquerque, NM	11

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