US Health Care Costs

Diabetes, with complications in New Mexico

MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc

$23,572typical hospital bill
$7,993typical amount paid
$7,204–$11,378range paid across 6 hospitals

New Mexico hospitals billed Medicare a typical $23,572 for this stay in 2024, about 2.9 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque21$25,903$7,204
Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces19$43,757$7,413
Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis13$20,482$7,502
San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington15$42,141$8,484
Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup11$21,241$11,280
Unm HospitalAlbuquerque26$17,341$11,378

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.