US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in New Mexico

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$78,154typical hospital bill
$15,341typical amount paid
$11,869–$19,314range paid across 8 hospitals

New Mexico hospitals billed Medicare a typical $78,154 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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
Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces15$88,672$11,869
Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque32$107,124$12,079
Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque68$51,311$13,831
Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces28$86,185$14,000
San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington30$61,700$16,682
Unm HospitalAlbuquerque29$40,964$19,167
Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo12$161,759$19,240
Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe35$70,122$19,314

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.