Level 4 ER visit cost in New Mexico
In New Mexico, 19 hospitals publish a cash price for emergency room visit, level 4 of 5, moderate-complexity problem: from $270.00 to $2,120.90, with a median of $857.10. The lowest price is at Carlsbad Medical Center (Carlsbad). The highest price is 7.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $857.10, is 18% below the US median of $1,043.20.
- That is 2.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($426.30).
- New Mexico ranks 18th 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 99284. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$270.00Carlsbad Medical Center
Median$857.10half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,120.90in New Mexico
Lowest saves$587.10vs the median
Hospitals in New Mexico, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsbad Medical Center lowest Carlsbad · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM EXTENDED ED VISIT | $270.00 | $2,700.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of New Mexico Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT FOR PROBLEM OF HIGH SEVERITY | $327.25 | $595.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Gallup · Gallup, NM 99284level 4 | $331.00 | $1,104.00 | — source file |
| Eastern New Mexico Medical Center Roswell · Roswell, NM 99284 - Level 4 | $375.06 | $1,786.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mountain View Regional Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM EXTENDED ED VISIT | $576.45 | $2,135.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Artesia General Hospital Artesia · Carlsbad-Artesia, NM ER VISIT LEVEL IV FACILITY | $615.00 | $1,025.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell Roswell · Roswell, NM Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | $719.10 | $2,397.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Medical Center Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | $840.90 | $2,803.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Westside Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | $857.10 | $2,857.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Lovelace Womens Hospital Albuquerque · Albuquerque, NM Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | $857.10 | $2,857.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems Taos · Taos, NM ER LEVEL IV | $923.20 | $1,154.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mimbres Valley Medical Center Deming · Deming, NM Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | $999.57 | $1,999.13 | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Hospital Hobbs Hobbs · Hobbs, NM HC ED FAC E&M VISIT LEVEL 4 CDM | $1,030.26 | $2,453.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cibola General Hospital Grants · Grants, NM 99284 ED VISIT EANDM PATIENT LEV 4 REQ MED APPROP HSTRY/EXAM/MODERATE MDM CC | $1,083.56 | $1,354.45 | Mar 11, 2026 source file |
| San Juan Regional Medical Center Farmington · Farmington, NM Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | $1,094.00 | $2,188.00 | Oct 8, 2026 source file |
| Alta Vista Regional Hospital Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NM EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | $1,106.18 | $2,212.36 | Apr 16, 2026 source file |
| Gila Regional Medical Center Silver County · Silver City, NM 99284 LEVEL 4 CARE | $1,219.20 | $1,524.00 | Dec 2, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces · Las Cruces, NM Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and moderate level of medical decision making | $1,435.57 | $2,392.62 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos · Albuquerque, NM Emergency department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires a medically appropriate history and/or examination and moderate level of medical decision making | $2,120.90 | $3,534.84 | 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 | $327.25 | $857.10 |
| Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 2 | $270.00 | $442.50 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 2 | $576.45 | $1,006.01 |
| Roswell, NM | 2 | $375.06 | $547.08 |
| Deming, NM | 1 | $999.57 | $999.57 |
| Farmington, NM | 1 | $1,094.00 | $1,094.00 |
| Grants, NM | 1 | $1,083.56 | $1,083.56 |
| Gallup, NM | 1 | $331.00 | $331.00 |
| Hobbs, NM | 1 | $1,030.26 | $1,030.26 |
| Las Vegas, NM | 1 | $1,106.18 | $1,106.18 |
| Silver City, NM | 1 | $1,219.20 | $1,219.20 |
| Taos, NM | 1 | $923.20 | $923.20 |
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 level 4 ER visit is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Level 4 ER visit explained.
Emergency room visit, level 4 of 5, moderate-complexity problem in other states
- Alabama$569.75
- Alaska$1,349.00
- Arizona$1,139.29
- Arkansas$665.08
- California$2,712.64
- Colorado$1,682.05
- Connecticut$2,386.00
- Delaware$1,402.31
- District of Columbia$1,761.66, 3 hospitals
- Florida$2,481.34
- Georgia$800.40
- Hawaii$2,052.18
- Idaho$1,288.50
- Illinois$1,144.08
- Indiana$1,183.71
- Iowa$697.81
- Kansas$844.00
- Kentucky$920.25
- Louisiana$425.11
- Maine$696.10
- Maryland$525.39
- Massachusetts$1,267.35
- Michigan$1,055.60
- Minnesota$786.83
- Mississippi$559.44
- Missouri$911.04
- Montana$850.18
- Nebraska$975.00
- Nevada$1,650.00
- New Hampshire$928.70
- New Jersey$550.67
- New York$843.75
- North Carolina$1,231.80
- North Dakota$810.00
- Ohio$1,328.63
- Oklahoma$757.95
- Oregon$1,329.25
- Pennsylvania$1,223.40
- Puerto Rico$1,042.50, 4 hospitals
- Rhode Island$1,119.60
- South Carolina$1,494.45
- South Dakota$1,090.80
- Tennessee$721.20
- Texas$1,291.00
- Utah$3,729.47
- Vermont$965.60
- Virginia$909.50
- Washington$1,350.94
- West Virginia$686.00
- Wisconsin$922.65
- Wyoming$1,187.80
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.