Scans and imaging CPT 78306 New Mexico Outpatient

Bone scan cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 17 hospitals publish a cash price for bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine): from $221.50 to $2,665.96, with a median of $1,023.33. The lowest price is at Carlsbad Medical Center (Carlsbad). The highest price is 12.0× the lowest.

The median here, $1,023.33, is 27% below the US median of $1,392.50.
That is 2.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($408.43).
New Mexico ranks 13th of 51 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 78306. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$221.50Carlsbad Medical Center

Median$1,023.33half of hospitals charge less

Highest$2,665.96in New Mexico

Lowest saves$801.83vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Carlsbad Medical Center lowest Carlsbad · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM NM-BONE SCAN BODY	$221.50	$2,215.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDY OF BONE AND/OR JOINT WHOLE BODY	$643.50	$1,170.00	Mar 25, 2026 source file
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup · Gallup, NM 78306 Add-on	$668.00	$2,226.00	— source file
Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM NM-BONE SCAN BODY	$730.35	$2,705.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body	$732.30	$2,441.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body	$746.10	$2,487.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body	$746.10	$2,487.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Bone and/or joint imaging; whole body	$989.29	$1,648.82	Jul 10, 2026 source file
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM NM Bone and or Joint Whole Body Scan 1 - NM Bone	$1,023.33	$4,873.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington · Farmington, NM Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body	$1,096.00	$2,192.00	Oct 8, 2026 source file
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos · Taos, NM NM BONE SCAN WHOLE BODY	$1,392.40	$1,740.50	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Artesia General Hospital Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM NM BONE WHOLE BODY	$1,723.20	$2,872.00	Feb 20, 2026 source file
Sierra Vista Hospital Truth Or Consequences · Truth Or Consequences, NM NM BONE IMAGING WHOLE BODY	$1,755.00	$2,340.00	Sep 21, 2026 source file
Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM NM-BONE SCAN BODY	$1,802.49	$3,604.99	Apr 16, 2026 source file
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver County · Silver City, NM NM BONE SCAN TOTAL BODY	$1,940.80	$2,426.00	Dec 2, 2025 source file
Mimbres Valley Medical Center Deming · Deming, NM Nuclear medicine study of bone and/or joint whole body	$2,173.71	$4,347.41	Sep 17, 2026 source file
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Bone and/or joint imaging; whole body	$2,665.96	$4,443.26	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	5	$643.50	$746.10
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM	2	$221.50	$972.35
Las Cruces, NM	2	$730.35	$859.82
Deming, NM	1	$2,173.71	$2,173.71
Farmington, NM	1	$1,096.00	$1,096.00
Gallup, NM	1	$668.00	$668.00
Las Vegas, NM	1	$1,802.49	$1,802.49
Roswell, NM	1	$1,023.33	$1,023.33
Silver City, NM	1	$1,940.80	$1,940.80
Truth Or Consequences, NM	1	$1,755.00	$1,755.00
Taos, NM	1	$1,392.40	$1,392.40

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 bone scan is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Bone scan explained.

Bone scan, whole body (nuclear medicine) in other states

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