Wrist fracture surgery cost in New Mexico
In New Mexico, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for wrist fracture surgery (plate and screws), distal radius: from $1,894.04 to $15,021.58, with a median of $8,538.18. The lowest price is at University of New Mexico Hospital (Albuquerque). The highest price is 7.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $8,538.18, is about the same as the US median of $8,453.60.
- New Mexico ranks 19th of 38 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 25607. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 4, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,894.04University of New Mexico Hospital
Median$8,538.18half of hospitals charge less
Highest$15,021.58in New Mexico
Lowest saves$6,644.14vs the median
Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Mexico Hospital one side lowest Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM TREATMENT OF BROKEN FOREARM BONE ON THUMB SIDE OF WRIST; ABOVE WRIST; WITH PLACEMENT OF STABILIZING DEVICE | $1,894.04 | $3,443.70 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Carlsbad Medical Center Carlsbad · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM OPTX DST RD XARTC FX/EPI SEP | $4,653.00 | $46,530.02 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC ED TREAT FX RAD EXTRA-ARTICUL CDM | $8,538.18 | $20,329.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM OPTX DST RD XARTC FX/EPI SEP | $11,195.92 | $53,313.92 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Open treatment of distal radial extra-articular fracture or epiphyseal separation, with internal fixation | $15,021.58 | $25,035.97 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque, NM | 1 | $1,894.04 | $1,894.04 |
| Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 1 | $4,653.00 | $4,653.00 |
| Hobbs, NM | 1 | $8,538.18 | $8,538.18 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 1 | $15,021.58 | $15,021.58 |
| Roswell, NM | 1 | $11,195.92 | $11,195.92 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What wrist fracture surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Wrist fracture surgery explained.
Wrist fracture surgery (plate and screws), distal radius in other states
- Alabama$10,061.69
- Alaska$12,898.86
- Arizona$16,037.08
- Arkansas$3,425.70
- California$6,094.96
- Colorado$15,491.27
- Connecticut$4,365.00, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$6,422.58, 2 hospitals
- Florida$11,327.64
- Georgia$9,383.00
- Hawaii$14,997.50
- Idaho$9,573.53
- Illinois$7,737.00
- Indiana$9,651.03
- Iowa$2,221.35
- Kansas$6,935.03
- Kentucky$5,976.01
- Louisiana$6,745.63
- Maine$2,174.16, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$7,676.09, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$11,584.94
- Michigan$9,422.60
- Minnesota$3,005.44
- Mississippi$8,487.65
- Missouri$4,150.34
- Montana$6,304.86
- Nebraska$4,570.72
- Nevada$8,090.95, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$8,609.63, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$6,083.00
- New York$8,453.60
- North Carolina$10,267.05
- North Dakota$9,491.60, 3 hospitals
- Ohio$16,688.41
- Oklahoma$14,014.26
- Oregon$6,464.04
- Pennsylvania$12,504.99
- Rhode Island$7,671.63, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$17,155.16
- South Dakota$9,039.44, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$8,487.65
- Texas$7,931.95
- Utah$9,460.30, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$3,917.92, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$21,355.22
- Washington$10,587.84
- West Virginia$7,201.45
- Wisconsin$9,096.92
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.