US Health Care Costs

Other digestive problems, with complications in New Mexico

MS-DRG 394: Other digestive system diagnoses with cc

$51,422typical hospital bill
$6,996typical amount paid
$6,580–$7,330range paid across 3 hospitals

New Mexico hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,422 for this stay in 2024, about 7.4 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
Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque11$58,904$6,580
Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces11$51,422$6,996
Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque17$26,836$7,330

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.