Cheapest hospitals in Albuquerque, NM without insurance
Of 6 hospitals in the Albuquerque, NM area we can compare, University of New Mexico Hospital (Albuquerque) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 48% below the New Mexico median across 471 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Oct 1, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque | 48% below | 442 of 471 | 15 of 471 |
| 2. Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque | 2% below | 204 of 340 | 119 of 340 |
| 3. Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque | at median | 167 of 348 | 136 of 348 |
| 4. Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque | at median | 162 of 339 | 132 of 339 |
| 5. Lovelace UNM Rehabilition Hospital Albuquerque | 5% above | 98 of 285 | 175 of 285 |
| 6. Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos | 86% above | 23 of 360 | 331 of 360 |
Not in the ranking: ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital of Rio Rancho — its price file lists no cash price (all US hospitals without one).
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How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.