Left heart catheterization, diagnosticCPT 93452Cardiology

Median commercial negotiated rate by hospital, from each hospital's own disclosure file. The same procedure spans a 16.8× price range across 18 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
$3,585

The part you don’t feel

Carlsbad Medical Center $55,030vsChristus Southern New Mexico $3,271 what you pay what your plan pays
Deductible not metearly in the plan year
Carlsbad Medical Center
Christus Southern New Mexico
$51,760you feel all of it
Deductible met20% coinsurance
Carlsbad Medical Center
Christus Southern New Mexico
$10,352$41,408 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 $51,760 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
Christus Southern New Mexico$3,271$3,209102%8
Unm Hospital$3,585$3,209112%$2,8722
Holy Cross Hospital A Div Of Taos Health Systems$7,268$3,312219%1
San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc$8,254$3,231255%$2,54820
Presbyterian Hospital$9,271$3,209289%4
Presbyterian Espanola Hospital$9,898$3,269303%3
Mountain View Regional Medical Center$13,058$3,209407%$3,33420
Plains Regional Medical Center$14,643$3,209456%3
Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center$14,643$3,387432%3
Socorro General Hospital$14,643$3,312442%2
Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial Hospital$14,643$3,312442%2
Lincoln County Medical Center$14,643$3,312442%2
Mimbres Valley Medical Center$15,726$3,312475%9
Lovelace Medical Center$16,004$3,209499%$2,22326
Memorial Medical Center$18,414$3,209574%1
Lovelace Regional Hospital - Roswell$27,554$3,209859%$6,21531
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center$29,103$3,209907%$5,44721
Carlsbad Medical Center$55,030$3,2091715%$13,77924

*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 →