Rapid drug screen cost in New Mexico
In New Mexico, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day: from $8.25 to $208.20, with a median of $26.61. The lowest price is at University of New Mexico Hospital (Albuquerque). The highest price is 25.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $26.61, is 53% below the US median of $57.20.
- That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($12.60).
- New Mexico ranks 6th of 48 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 80305. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 12, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$8.25University of New Mexico Hospital
Median$26.61half of hospitals charge less
Highest$208.20in New Mexico
Lowest saves$18.36vs the median
Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of New Mexico Hospital lowest Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $8.25 | $15.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM HC Drug Screen Multiple Urine | $14.70 | $49.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM HC Drug Screen Multiple Urine | $15.00 | $50.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM HC Drug Screen Multiple Urine | $15.00 | $50.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Sierra Vista Hospital Truth Or Consequences · Truth Or Consequences, NM BILL ONLY EMP DRG SCRN COLLECTION | $20.25 | $27.00 | Mar 29, 2026 source file |
| Cibola General Hospital Grants · Grants, NM DRUG SCREEN POC | $32.96 | $41.20 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM PRS DRG IA VIS | $36.18 | $134.00 | Dec 3, 2024 source file |
| Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM DRUG TEST PRSMV DIR OPT OBS | $60.50 | $121.00 | Apr 16, 2026 source file |
| Mimbres Valley Medical Center Deming · Deming, NM Testing for presence of drug, read by direct observation | $152.27 | $304.54 | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
| Artesia General Hospital Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM CLINIC URINE DRUG SCREEN | $208.20 | $347.00 | Feb 20, 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.
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 | $8.25 | $14.85 |
| Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 1 | $208.20 | $208.20 |
| Deming, NM | 1 | $152.27 | $152.27 |
| Grants, NM | 1 | $32.96 | $32.96 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 1 | $36.18 | $36.18 |
| Las Vegas, NM | 1 | $60.50 | $60.50 |
| Truth Or Consequences, NM | 1 | $20.25 | $20.25 |
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 rapid drug screen is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Rapid drug screen explained.
Rapid drug screen read by eye (cup, dipstick or card), per day in other states
- Alabama$47.30
- Alaska$83.00
- Arizona$16.85
- Arkansas$27.04
- California$84.76
- Colorado$65.65
- Connecticut$27.60, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$105.34, 2 hospitals
- Florida$100.00
- Georgia$72.00
- Hawaii$89.40
- Idaho$60.00
- Illinois$81.90
- Indiana$99.56
- Iowa$78.64
- Kansas$50.98
- Kentucky$41.00
- Louisiana$23.70
- Maine$22.31
- Maryland$26.55, 4 hospitals
- Massachusetts$49.10
- Michigan$37.61
- Minnesota$58.40
- Mississippi$36.05
- Missouri$68.00
- Montana$117.50
- Nebraska$100.80
- Nevada$189.00
- New Hampshire$28.01
- New Jersey$14.49
- New York$34.85
- North Carolina$99.00
- North Dakota$86.40
- Ohio$57.85
- Oklahoma$49.67
- Oregon$67.57
- Pennsylvania$55.65
- Puerto Rico$64.00
- Rhode Island$33.00
- South Carolina$39.60
- South Dakota$58.40
- Tennessee$19.20
- Texas$106.41
- Utah$69.11
- Vermont$38.49
- Virginia$42.70
- Washington$49.65
- West Virginia$36.36
- Wisconsin$57.20
- Wyoming$33.51
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.