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Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 8.2× price range across 17 Colorado hospitals. Open in the explorer → — filter by insurer or region, map it, or compare hospitals side by side.

How to read “% of Medicare” Medicare’s payment is a hospital-specific benchmark built from CMS files — adjusted for local wages and case complexity, and roughly pegged to the cost of care. A commercial rate at 300% means a private plan pays about triple that benchmark for the same care at the same hospital. The gap is negotiation, not quality. Full methodology →
Median commercial negotiated rate Medicare benchmark
$6,267
$12,725

The part you don’t feel

Carlsbad Medical Center $48,463vsChristus Southern New Mexico $5,933 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
Carlsbad Medical Center
Christus Southern New Mexico
$42,530you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
Carlsbad Medical Center
Christus Southern New Mexico
$8,506$34,024 invisible to you
Out-of-pocket max reacheda bad year, or a big surgery
Carlsbad Medical Center
Christus Southern New Mexico
$0the market goes blind

The gap is $42,530 in every row. The only thing that changes is how much of it reaches the person choosing. Nobody hid the price — the deductible structure hides the difference, and a difference nobody feels is a difference nobody shops. Illustration uses a 20% coinsurance plan with no separate facility or professional bill; your own plan governs.

Detail (click headers to sort, or “why” for cost vs price)

HospitalCommercial medianMedicare% of MedicareEst. cost*Plan rows
Cibola General Hospital⚠ data flag$1,317$6,17621%14
Sierra Vista Hospital⚠ data flag$1,397$6,17623%7
Rehoboth Mckinley Christian Health Care Services⚠ data flag$1,723$6,17628%13
Artesia General Hospital⚠ data flag$1,906$5,98532%$96918
San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc⚠ data flag ● actual$2,702$6,02545%$74120
Christus Southern New Mexico$5,933$5,98599%8
Unm Hospital$6,267$5,985105%$7,9662
Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital$7,496$5,997125%1
Union County General Hospital$8,209$6,176133%3
Holy Cross Hospital A Div Of Taos Health Systems$8,766$6,176142%1
Presbyterian Hospital$12,725$5,985213%4
Presbyterian Espanola Hospital$13,585$6,096223%3
Plains Regional Medical Center$20,098$5,985336%3
Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center$20,098$6,315318%3
Socorro General Hospital$20,098$6,176325%2
Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial Hospital$20,098$6,176325%2
Lincoln County Medical Center$20,098$6,176325%2
Memorial Medical Center$21,785$5,985364%1
Los Alamos Medical Center$25,448$6,189411%1
Mountain View Regional Medical Center$30,265$5,985506%$9,40320
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center$31,386$5,985524%$5,87421
Carlsbad Medical Center ● actual$48,463$5,985810%$12,41924

*Cost estimates use hospital-level cost-to-charge ratios from federal cost reports and are approximate; ~ marks categories (imaging, labs) where they are least precise. "Plan rows" is how many distinct plan rates the hospital published; medians over more rows are sturdier.
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Rexroad Analytics · Data: hospital machine-readable files (45 CFR 180, schema v3.0) retrieved August 21–22, 2026; Medicare benchmarks from CMS claims data and fee schedules; cost estimates from FY2026 CMS cost-report ratios, labeled as estimates. Not medical, legal, or benefits advice. Full methodology → · The American Healthcare Conundrum →