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 ($87), roughly 9.6× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Unm Hospital Albuquerque, NM $72 $51 ★ 2/5 273 min —
Guadalupe County Hospital Santa Rosa, NM $78 $37 — — —
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces, NM $84 $65 ★ 2/5 206 min —
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup, NM $91 $152 — 136 min —
Artesia General Hospital Artesia, NM $91 $61 — 99 min —
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque, NM $94 $281 ★ 2/5 212 min —
Lovelace Women's Hospital Albuquerque, NM $94 $281 ★ 4/5 205 min —
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque, NM $94 $281 ★ 4/5 159 min —
Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell Roswell, NM $94 $281 ★ 2/5 130 min —
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos, NM $99 — ★ 1/5 92 min —
Sierra Vista Hospital T Or C, NM $115 $63 — 175 min —
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver City, NM $132 $47 ★ 2/5 191 min —
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos, NM $138 $94 — 168 min —
Union County General Hospital Clayton, NM $204 $262 — 132 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 October 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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