X-ray of the hip cost in New Mexico

Prices at 15 hospitals in New Mexico, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $211 — 12% below the US median ($239), roughly 4.3× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Guadalupe County Hospital Santa Rosa, NM $133 $148 — — —
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces, NM $134 $420 ★ 2/5 206 min —
Union County General Hospital Clayton, NM $158 $203 — 132 min —
Unm Hospital Albuquerque, NM $181 $98 ★ 2/5 273 min —
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque, NM $211 $577 ★ 2/5 212 min —
Lovelace Women's Hospital Albuquerque, NM $211 $577 ★ 4/5 205 min —
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque, NM $211 $577 ★ 4/5 159 min —
Lovelace Regional Hospital-Roswell Roswell, NM $211 $577 ★ 2/5 130 min —
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos, NM $242 — ★ 1/5 92 min —
Central Desert Behavioral Health Hospital Albuquerque, NM $250 — — — —
Sierra Vista Hospital T Or C, NM $288 $132 — 175 min —
Artesia General Hospital Artesia, NM $352 $122 — 99 min —
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup, NM $472 $1,299 — 136 min —
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos, NM $530 $490 — 168 min —
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver City, NM $602 $147 ★ 2/5 191 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)
$587
Cash / self-pay
$211
Insurer-negotiated
$420
Medicare pays
$49
$143$507
Median cash $211  ·  Medicare $49  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $211 — about 4.3× the Medicare rate ($49). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($98).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $587 list price could save about $376 (64%).

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