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Surgery and procedures CPT 28296 New Mexico Outpatient

Bunion surgery cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for bunion correction with a bone cut near the head of the first metatarsal: from $1,262.81 to $21,203.92, with a median of $5,894.64. The lowest price is at University of New Mexico Hospital (Albuquerque). The highest price is 16.8× the lowest.

  • The median here, $5,894.64, is 24% above the US median of $4,739.75.
  • New Mexico ranks 23rd 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 28296. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 4, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,262.81University of New Mexico Hospital
Median$5,894.64half of hospitals charge less
Highest$21,203.92in New Mexico
Lowest saves$4,631.83vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
University of New Mexico Hospital lowest Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM COR HLX VLGS DSTL MTAR OSTEO $1,262.81 $2,296.02 Mar 25, 2026
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Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC ED CORRECTION OF BUNION CDM $3,842.58 $9,149.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Correction, hallux valgus with bunionectomy, with sesamoidectomy when performed; with distal metatarsal osteotomy, any method $5,299.08 $8,831.79 Jul 10, 2026
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Carlsbad Medical Center Carlsbad · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM CORRECTION OF BUNION $5,894.64 $58,946.37 Apr 1, 2026
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM CORRECTION OF BUNION $11,164.18 $53,162.78 Apr 1, 2026
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Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Correction, hallux valgus with bunionectomy, with sesamoidectomy when performed; with distal metatarsal osteotomy, any method $17,133.66 $28,556.10 Jul 10, 2026
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Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM CORRECTION OF BUNION $21,203.92 $78,533.02 Apr 1, 2026
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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.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Albuquerque, NM 2 $1,262.81 $3,280.94
Las Cruces, NM 2 $17,133.66 $19,168.79
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM 1 $5,894.64 $5,894.64
Hobbs, NM 1 $3,842.58 $3,842.58
Roswell, NM 1 $11,164.18 $11,164.18
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 bunion surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Bunion surgery explained.

Bunion correction with a bone cut near the head of the first metatarsal in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.