Wound debridement Cost in Albuquerque, NM (2026)

Prices at 4 hospitals in Albuquerque, NM, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $2,216 — 205% above the US median ($727), roughly 11.9× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Unm Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$389	$728	★ 2/5	273 min	—
Lovelace Medical Center	Albuquerque, NM	$2,216	$1,785	★ 2/5	212 min	—
Lovelace Women's Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$2,216	$1,785	★ 4/5	205 min	—
Lovelace Westside Hospital	Albuquerque, NM	$2,216	$1,785	★ 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)

$7,387

Cash / self-pay

$2,216

Insurer-negotiated

$1,785

Medicare pays

$186

$937$2,216

Median cash $2,216 · Medicare $186 · bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $2,216 — about 11.9× the Medicare rate ($186). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($372).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $7,387 list price could save about $5,171 (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
Taylor Wisner, DNP, FNP-C, CPNP-PC	Nurse Practitioner	Albuquerque, NM	401
Haywan Chiu, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	313
Jose Hernandez Lingao, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	297
Austin Clark, MD	General Surgery	Albuquerque, NM	227
Paul Whitehouse, D.P.M.	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	125
Uchenna Chukwurah, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	114
Steven Wrege, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	114
Stephanie Parks, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	105
Tyler Hille, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	92
Brent Frame, DPM	Podiatry	Albuquerque, NM	88
Shilpa Sreedharan, MD, MSC	General Surgery	Albuquerque, NM	87
Austin Clark, MD	General Surgery	Albuquerque, NM	86

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