21/100
#2,143 nationally
Carlsbad Medical Center
2430 West Pierce Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220 · (575) 887-4570
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Carlsbad Medical Center billed $7.48 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 7.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 23
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NM
- #10
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
225 | $35,330 | $2,544 | +82% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
51 | $95,679 | $2,962 | +279% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $63,259 | $16,780 | -3% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
44 | $52,021 | $11,518 | +12% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $44,136 | $11,152 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $39,700 | $2,894 | +108% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $57,723 | $10,168 | +38% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $47,154 | $11,464 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $24,258 | $1,456 | +141% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $70,786 | $5,381 | +102% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$95,679 | $2,962 | +279% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,258 | $1,456 | +141% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,700 | $2,894 | +108% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$70,786 | $5,381 | +102% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$132,821 | $10,251 | +96% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,934 | $1,421 | +95% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,330 | $2,544 | +82% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$186,863 | $25,861 | +59% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$45,597 | $14,532 | -17% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$37,456 | $9,328 | -5% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$63,259 | $16,780 | -3% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$47,154 | $11,464 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$44,136 | $11,152 | about average |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$42,440 | $10,429 | +4% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$52,021 | $11,518 | +12% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$60,405 | $12,945 | +14% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.