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Surgery and procedures CPT 63030 New Mexico Outpatient

Lumbar discectomy cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for lumbar discectomy or laminotomy to free a nerve root, one level: from $2,044.50 to $37,535.29, with a median of $13,040.16. The lowest price is at San Juan Regional Medical Center (Farmington). The highest price is 18.4× the lowest.

  • The median here, $13,040.16, is 34% above the US median of $9,702.00.
  • New Mexico ranks 19th of 28 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 63030. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 12, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$2,044.50San Juan Regional Medical Center
Median$13,040.16half of hospitals charge less
Highest$37,535.29in New Mexico
Lowest saves$10,995.66vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
San Juan Regional Medical Center lowest Farmington · Farmington, NM Partial removal of spine bone with release of lower spinal cord or nerves and/or removal of disc $2,044.50 $4,089.00 Oct 8, 2026
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University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM PARTIAL REMOVAL OF SPINE BONE WITH RELEASE OF LOWER SPINAL CORD OR NERVES AND/OR REMOVAL OF DISC $7,127.12 $12,958.40 Mar 25, 2026
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM LOW BACK DISK SURGERY $13,040.16 $62,096.00 Dec 20, 2024
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Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM LOW BACK DISK SURGERY $19,311.48 $71,524.00 Dec 3, 2024
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Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Laminotomy (hemilaminectomy), with decompression of nerve root(s), including partial facetectomy, foraminotomy and/or excision of herniated intervertebral disc; 1 interspace, lumbar $37,535.29 $62,558.82 Jul 10, 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
Las Cruces, NM 2 $19,311.48 $28,423.38
Albuquerque, NM 1 $7,127.12 $7,127.12
Farmington, NM 1 $2,044.50 $2,044.50
Roswell, NM 1 $13,040.16 $13,040.16
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 lumbar discectomy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Lumbar discectomy explained.

Lumbar discectomy or laminotomy to free a nerve root, one level in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.