Stool blood test (FOBT) cost in New Mexico
In New Mexico, 12 hospitals publish a cash price for stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT): from $3.00 to $103.32, with a median of $24.62. The lowest price is at Artesia General Hospital (Artesia). The highest price is 34.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $24.62, is 7% below the US median of $26.48.
- That is 5.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($4.38).
- New Mexico ranks 25th 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 82270. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 4, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$3.00Artesia General Hospital
Median$24.62half of hospitals charge less
Highest$103.32in New Mexico
Lowest saves$21.62vs the median
Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artesia General Hospital lowest Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM OCCULT BLOOD STOOL #2 | $3.00 | $5.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup · Gallup, NM Hemoccult Poc. | $5.00 | $16.00 | — source file |
| Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM BLD OCCULT FECES 1-3 | $14.31 | $53.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM OCCULT BLOOD FECES | $15.47 | $30.95 | Apr 16, 2026 source file |
| University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM STOOL ANALYSIS FOR BLOOD TO SCREEN FOR COLON TUMORS | $17.19 | $31.25 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos · Taos, NM OCCULT BLOOD STOOL 3 SAMPLES | $19.60 | $24.50 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sierra Vista Hospital Truth Or Consequences · Truth Or Consequences, NM FECAL OCCULT BLOOD IMMUNOASSAY TC | $29.63 | $39.50 | Mar 29, 2026 source file |
| Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM .POCFecOB | $41.06 | $195.50 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cibola General Hospital Grants · Grants, NM STOOL FOR OCCULT BLOOD POC | $41.20 | $51.50 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Blood, occult, by peroxidase activity (eg, guaiac), qualitative; feces, consecutive collected specimens with single determination, for colorectal neoplasm screening (ie, patient was provided 3 cards or single triple card for consecutive collection) | $43.17 | $71.95 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Mimbres Valley Medical Center Deming · Deming, NM Stool analysis for blood to screen for colon tumors | $68.31 | $136.62 | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC BLOOD OCCULT PEROXIDASE ACTV QUAL FECES 1 DETER CDM | $103.32 | $246.00 | Apr 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Cruces, NM | 2 | $14.31 | $28.74 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 1 | $17.19 | $17.19 |
| Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 1 | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| Deming, NM | 1 | $68.31 | $68.31 |
| Grants, NM | 1 | $41.20 | $41.20 |
| Gallup, NM | 1 | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| Hobbs, NM | 1 | $103.32 | $103.32 |
| Las Vegas, NM | 1 | $15.47 | $15.47 |
| Roswell, NM | 1 | $41.06 | $41.06 |
| Truth Or Consequences, NM | 1 | $29.63 | $29.63 |
| Taos, NM | 1 | $19.60 | $19.60 |
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 stool blood test (FOBT) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Stool blood test (FOBT) explained.
Stool test for hidden blood (guaiac FOBT) in other states
- Alabama$15.08
- Alaska$61.00
- Arizona$27.29
- Arkansas$21.01
- California$39.00
- Colorado$37.64
- Connecticut$17.98
- Delaware$34.28
- District of Columbia$34.13, 2 hospitals
- Florida$53.00
- Georgia$37.78
- Hawaii$31.03
- Idaho$24.90
- Illinois$28.83
- Indiana$36.00
- Iowa$32.83
- Kansas$27.00
- Kentucky$23.20
- Louisiana$14.40
- Maine$20.85
- Maryland$14.06
- Massachusetts$20.00
- Michigan$17.55
- Minnesota$35.29
- Mississippi$21.16
- Missouri$21.73
- Montana$36.10
- Nebraska$28.38
- Nevada$42.30
- New Hampshire$36.90
- New Jersey$5.04
- New York$14.23
- North Carolina$16.49
- North Dakota$28.28
- Ohio$28.80
- Oklahoma$22.76
- Oregon$34.50
- Pennsylvania$20.40
- Puerto Rico$12.00
- Rhode Island$18.38
- South Carolina$30.00
- South Dakota$51.20
- Tennessee$18.90
- Texas$37.55
- Utah$62.20
- Vermont$18.28
- Virginia$23.00
- Washington$30.38
- West Virginia$16.06
- Wisconsin$21.12
- Wyoming$21.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.