Speech evaluation cost in New Mexico
In New Mexico, 15 hospitals publish a cash price for speech and language evaluation: from $179.00 to $567.57, with a median of $324.00. The lowest price is at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services (Gallup). The highest price is 3.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $324.00, is 5% below the US median of $340.80.
- That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($226.46).
- New Mexico ranks 20th of 50 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 92523. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$179.00Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services
Median$324.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$567.57in New Mexico
Lowest saves$145.00vs the median
Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services lowest Gallup · Gallup, NM 92523 Speech Sound Language Comprehens Charge | $179.00 | $598.00 | — source file |
| Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC EVAL SPEECH SOUND PRODUCT LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION CDM | $217.14 | $517.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM SP SOUND LANG COMP - REDOC 187 | $244.23 | $1,163.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression | $303.60 | $1,012.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Artesia General Hospital Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM ST EVAL WITH LANG COMP | $304.80 | $508.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression | $309.30 | $1,031.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression | $309.30 | $1,031.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace UNM Rehabilition Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression | $324.00 | $1,080.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington · Farmington, NM Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression | $354.50 | $709.00 | Oct 8, 2026 source file |
| Cibola General Hospital Grants · Grants, NM SPEECH SOUND PROD W/ LANGUAGE CHARGE | $380.69 | $475.86 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| Gila Regional Medical Center Silver County · Silver City, NM DYSPHAGIA CLINICAL EVALUATION | $492.00 | $615.00 | Dec 2, 2025 source file |
| Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Evaluation of speech sound production (eg, articulation, phonological process, apraxia, dysarthria); with evaluation of language comprehension and expression (eg, receptive and expressive language) | $508.95 | $848.25 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM SPEECH SOUND LANG COMPREHEN | $514.77 | $1,029.54 | Apr 16, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell Roswell · Roswell, NM Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression | $555.90 | $1,853.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Evaluation of speech sound production (eg, articulation, phonological process, apraxia, dysarthria); with evaluation of language comprehension and expression (eg, receptive and expressive language) | $567.57 | $945.95 | 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 | $303.60 | $309.30 |
| Roswell, NM | 2 | $244.23 | $400.06 |
| Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 1 | $304.80 | $304.80 |
| Farmington, NM | 1 | $354.50 | $354.50 |
| Grants, NM | 1 | $380.69 | $380.69 |
| Gallup, NM | 1 | $179.00 | $179.00 |
| Hobbs, NM | 1 | $217.14 | $217.14 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 1 | $567.57 | $567.57 |
| Las Vegas, NM | 1 | $514.77 | $514.77 |
| Silver City, NM | 1 | $492.00 | $492.00 |
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
What speech evaluation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Speech evaluation explained.
Speech and language evaluation in other states
- Alabama$443.00
- Alaska$650.25
- Arizona$880.00
- Arkansas$172.45
- California$457.08
- Colorado$466.92
- Connecticut$682.00
- Delaware$444.38
- District of Columbia$376.14
- Florida$586.95
- Georgia$244.14
- Hawaii$312.20
- Idaho$425.84
- Illinois$346.85
- Indiana$204.33
- Iowa$307.36
- Kansas$235.30
- Kentucky$276.29
- Louisiana$191.59
- Maine$323.03
- Maryland$624.66
- Massachusetts$585.50
- Michigan$377.00
- Minnesota$323.58
- Mississippi$187.91
- Missouri$256.80
- Montana$363.13
- Nebraska$325.50
- Nevada$228.05
- New Hampshire$351.54
- New Jersey$292.08
- New York$392.60
- North Carolina$318.00
- North Dakota$572.00
- Ohio$340.80
- Oklahoma$186.55
- Oregon$351.98
- Pennsylvania$533.35
- Puerto Rico$400.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$200.00, 4 hospitals
- South Carolina$314.60
- South Dakota$423.20
- Tennessee$185.85
- Texas$380.08
- Utah$578.31
- Vermont$383.87
- Virginia$328.50
- Washington$383.87
- West Virginia$278.50
- Wisconsin$355.00
- Wyoming$477.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.