Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation cost in New Mexico
In New Mexico, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire: from $1,052.70 to $6,470.30, with a median of $1,959.30. The lowest price is at University of New Mexico Hospital (Albuquerque). The highest price is 6.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,959.30, is 15% above the US median of $1,700.00.
- That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($926.63).
- New Mexico ranks 27th of 39 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 43248. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 12, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,052.70University of New Mexico Hospital
Median$1,959.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$6,470.30in New Mexico
Lowest saves$906.60vs the median
Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Mexico Hospital lowest Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM INSERTION OF GUIDE WIRE WITH DILATION OF ESOPHAGUS USING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | $1,052.70 | $1,914.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using a flexible endoscope | $1,341.00 | $4,470.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using a flexible endoscope | $1,366.80 | $4,556.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using a flexible endoscope | $1,366.80 | $4,556.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell Roswell · Roswell, NM Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using a flexible endoscope | $1,959.30 | $6,531.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington · Farmington, NM Insertion of guide wire with dilation of esophagus using a flexible endoscope | $2,123.00 | $4,246.00 | Oct 8, 2026 source file |
| Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION | $2,495.43 | $11,883.00 | Dec 20, 2024 source file |
| Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM EGD GUIDE WIRE INSERTION | $2,600.10 | $9,630.00 | Dec 3, 2024 source file |
| Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, flexible, transoral; with insertion of guide wire followed by passage of dilator(s) through esophagus over guide wire | $6,470.30 | $10,783.83 | 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.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque, NM | 4 | $1,052.70 | $1,353.90 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 2 | $2,600.10 | $4,535.20 |
| Roswell, NM | 2 | $1,959.30 | $2,227.36 |
| Farmington, NM | 1 | $2,123.00 | $2,123.00 |
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 upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Upper endoscopy with wire-guided dilation explained.
Upper endoscopy (EGD) with widening of the esophagus over a guide wire in other states
- Alabama$2,834.33
- Alaska$3,448.00, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$1,852.50
- Arkansas$627.34
- California$1,871.88
- Colorado$1,941.52
- Connecticut$3,288.15
- Delaware$2,236.08, 3 hospitals
- Florida$2,355.00
- Georgia$1,847.70
- Hawaii$1,392.30, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$2,391.50
- Illinois$2,976.83
- Indiana$2,667.12
- Iowa$1,201.00
- Kansas$1,160.05
- Kentucky$2,796.81
- Louisiana$701.54
- Maine$783.14, 4 hospitals
- Maryland$2,683.66, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$2,921.50
- Michigan$1,476.31
- Minnesota$1,614.06
- Mississippi$1,228.51
- Missouri$1,700.00
- Montana$658.40
- Nebraska$1,447.55
- Nevada$986.00, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$1,400.45, 4 hospitals
- New Jersey$1,710.96
- New York$1,240.49
- North Carolina$1,183.20
- North Dakota$1,672.80
- Ohio$2,803.45
- Oklahoma$1,198.53
- Oregon$1,502.42
- Pennsylvania$2,476.20
- Rhode Island$3,033.63
- South Carolina$4,756.90
- South Dakota$1,781.12, 3 hospitals
- Tennessee$1,093.16
- Texas$731.70
- Utah$969.75, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$3,057.94, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$1,397.46
- Washington$1,184.51
- West Virginia$615.00
- Wisconsin$1,853.15
- Wyoming$2,018.25, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.