Scans and imaging CPT 72128 New Mexico Outpatient

Thoracic spine CT cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 18 hospitals publish a cash price for thoracic spine (mid back) CT scan without contrast: from $580.90 to $3,395.64, with a median of $1,624.65. The lowest price is at Carlsbad Medical Center (Carlsbad). The highest price is 5.8× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 72128. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 2, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$580.90Carlsbad Medical Center

Median$1,624.65half of hospitals charge less

Highest$3,395.64in New Mexico

Lowest saves$1,043.75vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Carlsbad Medical Center lowest Carlsbad · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM CT-THOR SPINE WO	$580.90	$5,809.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM CT scan of middle spine without contrast	$789.60	$2,632.00	— source file
Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM CT scan of middle spine without contrast	$789.60	$2,632.00	— source file
University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM CT SCAN OF MIDDLE SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST	$803.55	$1,461.00	— source file
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM CT scan of middle spine without contrast	$1,106.40	$3,688.00	— source file
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM CT Spine Thoracic WO	$1,296.33	$6,173.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM CT-THOR SPINE WO	$1,307.34	$4,842.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell Roswell · Roswell, NM CT scan of middle spine without contrast	$1,357.80	$4,526.00	— source file
San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington · Farmington, NM CT scan of middle spine without contrast	$1,538.50	$3,077.00	Jun 9, 2026 source file
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos · Taos, NM CT SPINE THORACIC W/O CONTRAST	$1,710.80	$2,138.50	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Artesia General Hospital Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM CT T-SPINE W/O	$1,881.60	$3,136.00	Feb 20, 2026 source file
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Computed tomography, thoracic spine; without contrast material	$2,095.42	$3,492.37	— source file
Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC CT CHEST SPINE WO CONTRAST	$2,099.58	$4,999.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Cibola General Hospital Grants · Grants, NM CT SPINE THORACIC W/O CONTRAST	$2,163.82	$2,704.78	— source file
Mimbres Valley Medical Center Deming · Deming, NM CT scan of middle spine without contrast	$2,313.00	$4,626.00	Sep 17, 2026 source file
Sierra Vista Hospital Truth Or Consequences · Truth Or Consequences, NM CT SPINE THORACIC W + W O CONTRAST	$2,429.07	$3,238.76	— source file
Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM CT CHEST SPINE W/O DYE	$3,179.46	$6,358.93	Apr 16, 2026 source file
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Computed tomography, thoracic spine; without contrast material	$3,395.64	$5,659.40	— 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	5	$789.60	$803.55
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM	2	$580.90	$1,231.25
Las Cruces, NM	2	$1,307.34	$1,701.38
Roswell, NM	2	$1,296.33	$1,327.06
Deming, NM	1	$2,313.00	$2,313.00
Farmington, NM	1	$1,538.50	$1,538.50
Grants, NM	1	$2,163.82	$2,163.82
Hobbs, NM	1	$2,099.58	$2,099.58
Las Vegas, NM	1	$3,179.46	$3,179.46
Truth Or Consequences, NM	1	$2,429.07	$2,429.07
Taos, NM	1	$1,710.80	$1,710.80

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 it is

A thoracic spine CT makes detailed pictures of the twelve vertebrae of the mid back. It is used mainly after an injury to look for fractures, and in older adults for compression fractures.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan and any contrast dye. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.

Thoracic spine (mid back) CT scan without contrast in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.