Epidural injection, guided cost in New Mexico
In New Mexico, 11 hospitals publish a cash price for lower-back epidural injection, with imaging guidance: from $511.80 to $17,724.28, with a median of $1,595.67. The lowest price is at Artesia General Hospital (Artesia). The highest price is 34.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,595.67, is 17% above the US median of $1,369.55.
- That is 2.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($721.17).
- New Mexico ranks 35th of 49 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 62323. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 4, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$511.80Artesia General Hospital
Median$1,595.67half of hospitals charge less
Highest$17,724.28in New Mexico
Lowest saves$1,083.87vs the median
Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artesia General Hospital lowest Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM NJX DX/THER SBST INTRLMNR LMBR/SAC W/IMG | $511.80 | $853.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM INJECTION OF SUBSTANCE INTO LOWER SPINE CANAL USING IMAGING GUIDANCE | $696.85 | $1,267.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell Roswell · Roswell, NM HC Inj Epidural Lumb/Caud W/Imaging | $917.70 | $3,059.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC ED INJ EPI LUMB/SACRAL W IMAGING CDM | $1,088.22 | $2,591.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos · Taos, NM IR SPINE L-S EPID/LAMINAL INJ INCL GUIDE | $1,243.60 | $1,554.50 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM IR-DI L-S INJ W IM | $1,595.67 | $3,191.34 | Apr 16, 2026 source file |
| Cibola General Hospital Grants · Grants, NM CT INJECTION LMBR/SCRL EPIDURAL | $2,031.16 | $2,538.95 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM HC Inj Epidural Lumb/Caud W/Imaging | $2,368.20 | $7,894.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM HC Inj Epidural Lumb/Caud W/Imaging | $3,016.80 | $10,056.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM IR-DI L-S INJ W IM | $4,318.11 | $15,993.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Injection(s), of diagnostic or therapeutic substance(s) (eg, anesthetic, antispasmodic, opioid, steroid, other solution), not including neurolytic substances, including needle or catheter placement, interlaminar epidural or subarachnoid, lumbar or sacral (caudal); with imaging guidance (ie, fluorosc | $17,724.28 | $29,540.47 | 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.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
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 | $696.85 | $2,692.50 |
| Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 1 | $511.80 | $511.80 |
| Grants, NM | 1 | $2,031.16 | $2,031.16 |
| Hobbs, NM | 1 | $1,088.22 | $1,088.22 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 1 | $4,318.11 | $4,318.11 |
| Las Vegas, NM | 1 | $1,595.67 | $1,595.67 |
| Roswell, NM | 1 | $917.70 | $917.70 |
| Taos, NM | 1 | $1,243.60 | $1,243.60 |
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 epidural injection, guided is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Epidural injection, guided explained.
Lower-back epidural injection, with imaging guidance in other states
- Alabama$1,352.66
- Alaska$2,536.19
- Arizona$1,368.39
- Arkansas$750.00
- California$2,220.40
- Colorado$1,486.40
- Connecticut$2,892.08
- Delaware$2,303.71
- District of Columbia$1,362.32, 3 hospitals
- Florida$2,353.05
- Georgia$1,343.25
- Hawaii$656.25
- Idaho$1,395.45
- Illinois$1,444.15
- Indiana$1,286.25
- Iowa$1,260.80
- Kansas$1,198.45
- Kentucky$904.54
- Louisiana$708.66
- Maine$929.68
- Maryland$2,109.36, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$1,744.50
- Michigan$1,030.00
- Minnesota$1,187.55
- Mississippi$472.75
- Missouri$1,430.40
- Montana$612.38
- Nebraska$1,315.80
- Nevada$482.00
- New Hampshire$1,007.33
- New Jersey$2,403.56
- New York$1,491.75
- North Carolina$1,211.91
- North Dakota$1,112.10
- Ohio$2,036.45
- Oklahoma$731.96
- Oregon$1,580.28
- Pennsylvania$2,094.60
- Puerto Rico$2,100.00, 2 hospitals
- Rhode Island$2,678.00
- South Carolina$1,452.00
- South Dakota$1,729.60
- Tennessee$491.92
- Texas$1,675.50
- Utah$1,261.35
- Vermont$2,078.00
- Virginia$1,685.00
- Washington$1,532.05
- West Virginia$1,108.50
- Wisconsin$1,147.44
- Wyoming$1,272.32
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.