Office visit, new patient (level 5) cost in New Mexico

Prices at 8 hospitals in New Mexico, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $370 — 17% above the US median ($317), roughly 1.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Sierra Vista Hospital T Or C, NM $138 $182 175 min
Unm Hospital Albuquerque, NM $169 $160 ★ 2/5 273 min
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup, NM $201 $554 136 min
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos, NM $356 ★ 1/5 92 min
Artesia General Hospital Artesia, NM $385 $481 99 min
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver City, NM $428 $201 ★ 2/5 191 min
Union County General Hospital Clayton, NM $433 $557 132 min
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces, NM $640 ★ 2/5 206 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)
$577
Cash / self-pay
$370
Insurer-negotiated
$341
Medicare pays
$237
$160$495
Median cash $370  ·  Medicare $237  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $370 — about 1.6× the Medicare rate ($237). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($474).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $577 list price could save about $206 (36%).

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