Ungraded
#1,857 nationally
Los Alamos Medical Center
3917 West Road, Los Alamos, NM 87544 · (505) 661-9500
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Los Alamos Medical Center billed $4.22 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
- 4.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 9
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NM
- #14
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
33 | $35,641 | $2,391 | +83% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
30 | $30,263 | $1,931 | +134% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $41,949 | $3,279 | +80% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $29,739 | $3,166 | +44% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $44,868 | $18,259 | -7% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
16 | $84,553 | $21,717 | +81% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $51,603 | $29,039 | -21% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
13 | $36,678 | $11,420 | +20% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $63,366 | $24,730 | +15% |
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 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,263 | $1,931 | +134% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,641 | $2,391 | +83% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$84,553 | $21,717 | +81% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,949 | $3,279 | +80% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,739 | $3,166 | +44% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$36,678 | $11,420 | +20% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$63,366 | $24,730 | +15% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$44,868 | $18,259 | -7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$51,603 | $29,039 | -21% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$44,868 | $18,259 | -7% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$63,366 | $24,730 | +15% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$36,678 | $11,420 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,739 | $3,166 | +44% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,949 | $3,279 | +80% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$84,553 | $21,717 | +81% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,641 | $2,391 | +83% |
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.