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Widest spread in the state
The same echocardiogram, complete runs $558 to $7,809 in New Mexico
$558 Christus Southern New Mexicomedian $2,100$7,809 Alta Vista Regional Hospital
16 hospitals publish a rate for it. 14× between the cheapest and the dearest.
Furthest above the Medicare benchmark
Lovelace Medical Center is paid 5.7× the Medicare rate across everything it prices
100%Medicare
226%state median
565%this hospital
Medicare’s payment is hospital-specific and roughly pegged to the cost of care. The median across this hospital’s 21 procedures is 565% of it, against 226% for the typical New Mexico hospital.
Highest price over estimated cost
Independent & other hospitals are paid 4.0× what it is estimated to cost them to deliver care
Cost estimated from each hospital’s own federal cost report (HCRIS) — the same filings state regulators use. Estimates, not accounting truth.
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