Doctor visits and therapy CPT 97162 New Mexico Outpatient

PT evaluation, mod. complexity cost in New Mexico

In New Mexico, 15 hospitals publish a cash price for physical therapy evaluation, moderate complexity (typically about 30 minutes): from $153.00 to $630.11, with a median of $264.00. The lowest price is at Artesia General Hospital (Artesia). The highest price is 4.1× the lowest.

The median here, $264.00, is 17% above the US median of $226.32.
That is 2.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($97.86).
New Mexico ranks 32nd 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 97162. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$153.00Artesia General Hospital

Median$264.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$630.11in New Mexico

Lowest saves$111.00vs the median

Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	File date
Artesia General Hospital lowest Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM PHYSICAL THERAPY EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX	$153.00	$255.00	Feb 20, 2026 source file
Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC PT EVALUATION MOD COMPLEX CDM	$162.12	$386.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell Roswell · Roswell, NM HC Pt Evaluation Moderate Complexity	$165.60	$552.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup · Gallup, NM Pt Moderate Complex Units	$191.00	$637.00	— source file
San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington · Farmington, NM Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 30 minutes	$234.50	$469.00	Oct 8, 2026 source file
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM IRF PT EVAL MOD	$241.08	$1,148.00	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Physical therapy evaluation: moderate complexity, requiring these components: A history of present problem with 1-2 personal factors and/or comorbidities that impact the plan of care; An examination of body systems using standardized tests and measures in addressing a total of 3 or more elements fro	$244.73	$407.89	Jul 10, 2026 source file
Gila Regional Medical Center Silver County · Silver City, NM PT EVAL; MOD 30 MIN	$264.00	$330.00	Dec 2, 2025 source file
Cibola General Hospital Grants · Grants, NM PT MODERATE COMPLEX UNITS	$279.34	$349.17	Mar 11, 2026 source file
Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM HC Pt Evaluation Moderate Complexity	$368.70	$1,229.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM PT EVAL- MOD CMP PT	$369.97	$739.95	Apr 16, 2026 source file
Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM HC Pt Evaluation Moderate Complexity	$375.60	$1,252.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM HC Pt Evaluation Moderate Complexity	$375.60	$1,252.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Lovelace UNM Rehabilition Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM HC Pt Evaluation Moderate Complexity	$393.60	$1,312.00	Mar 31, 2026 source file
Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Physical therapy evaluation: moderate complexity, requiring these components: A history of present problem with 1-2 personal factors and/or comorbidities that impact the plan of care; An examination of body systems using standardized tests and measures in addressing a total of 3 or more elements fro	$630.11	$1,050.19	Jul 10, 2026 source file

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

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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	5	$244.73	$375.60
Roswell, NM	2	$165.60	$203.34
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM	1	$153.00	$153.00
Farmington, NM	1	$234.50	$234.50
Grants, NM	1	$279.34	$279.34
Gallup, NM	1	$191.00	$191.00
Hobbs, NM	1	$162.12	$162.12
Las Cruces, NM	1	$630.11	$630.11
Las Vegas, NM	1	$369.97	$369.97
Silver City, NM	1	$264.00	$264.00

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 PT evaluation, mod. complexity is, what the price covers and why prices differ: PT evaluation, mod. complexity explained.

Physical therapy evaluation, moderate complexity (typically about 30 minutes) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.