US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with major complications in New Mexico

MS-DRG 193: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with mcc

$42,057typical hospital bill
$11,611typical amount paid
$7,923–$21,717range paid across 20 hospitals

New Mexico hospitals billed Medicare a typical $42,057 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces22$19,221$7,923
Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell58$75,242$9,209
Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell11$87,168$9,354
Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque23$71,150$9,427
Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque56$84,506$9,479
Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque22$60,739$9,809
Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque176$27,248$10,241
Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis31$31,139$10,315
Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces37$40,475$11,316
Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad44$52,021$11,518
Roosevelt General HospitalPortales11$31,786$11,704
San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington126$42,785$12,643
Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe83$41,330$14,114
Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola17$22,274$14,594
Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo34$112,564$14,714
Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces26$90,252$14,748
Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup22$26,298$15,409
Unm HospitalAlbuquerque55$24,086$15,712
Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock21$32,216$15,902
Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos16$84,553$21,717

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.