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Scans and imaging CPT 78452 New Mexico Outpatient

Nuclear stress test cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 16 hospitals publish a cash price for nuclear stress test imaging (SPECT), rest and stress studies: from $762.40 to $7,558.39, with a median of $2,301.60. The lowest price is at Carlsbad Medical Center (Carlsbad). The highest price is 9.9× the lowest.

  • The median here, $2,301.60, is 30% below the US median of $3,277.78.
  • That is 1.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($1,322.69).
  • New Mexico ranks 11th 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 78452. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$762.40Carlsbad Medical Center
Median$2,301.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$7,558.39in New Mexico
Lowest saves$1,539.20vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Carlsbad Medical Center lowest Carlsbad · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM NM-MYOCRD SPECT MULT $762.40 $7,624.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM NM Myocardial Perfusion RestStr Mult Sc1 - NM Myoc $1,241.10 $5,910.00 Apr 1, 2026
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University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM NUCLEAR MEDICINE STUDIES OF HEART MUSCLE AT REST AND WITH STRESS AND SPECT $1,510.30 $2,746.00 Mar 25, 2026
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Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM NM-MYOCRD SPECT MULT $1,896.31 $3,792.63 Apr 16, 2026
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Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos · Taos, NM NM MYOCARDIAL REST/STRESS $2,116.00 $2,645.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT $2,172.30 $7,241.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT $2,213.70 $7,379.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT $2,213.70 $7,379.00 Mar 31, 2026
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Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM NM-MYOCRD SPECT MULT $2,389.50 $8,850.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Mimbres Valley Medical Center Deming · Deming, NM Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT $2,671.33 $5,342.66 Sep 17, 2026
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Sierra Vista Hospital Truth Or Consequences · Truth Or Consequences, NM NM MYOCARDIAL SPECT REST AND STRESS $3,070.71 $4,094.28 Sep 21, 2026
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San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington · Farmington, NM Nuclear medicine studies of heart muscle at rest and with stress and SPECT $3,131.00 $6,262.00 Oct 8, 2026
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Gila Regional Medical Center Silver County · Silver City, NM CARD ST/REST EF WALL MOTION MU $3,784.80 $4,731.00 Dec 2, 2025
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Artesia General Hospital Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM NM STRESS TEST $3,912.00 $6,520.00 Feb 20, 2026
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Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT) (including attenuation correction, qualitative or quantitative wall motion, ejection fraction by first pass or gated technique, additional quantification, when performed); multiple studies, at rest and/or stress (exercise or pharmacologic) and/or red $4,727.86 $7,879.77 Jul 10, 2026
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Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Myocardial perfusion imaging, tomographic (SPECT) (including attenuation correction, qualitative or quantitative wall motion, ejection fraction by first pass or gated technique, additional quantification, when performed); multiple studies, at rest and/or stress (exercise or pharmacologic) and/or red $7,558.39 $12,597.32 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.
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 areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Albuquerque, NM 5 $1,510.30 $2,213.70
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM 2 $762.40 $2,337.20
Las Cruces, NM 2 $2,389.50 $3,558.68
Deming, NM 1 $2,671.33 $2,671.33
Farmington, NM 1 $3,131.00 $3,131.00
Las Vegas, NM 1 $1,896.31 $1,896.31
Roswell, NM 1 $1,241.10 $1,241.10
Silver City, NM 1 $3,784.80 $3,784.80
Truth Or Consequences, NM 1 $3,070.71 $3,070.71
Taos, NM 1 $2,116.00 $2,116.00
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

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