19/100
#2,190 nationally
Lovelace Westside Hospital
10501 Golf Course Road Nw, Albuquerque, NM 87114 · (505) 727-2001
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Lovelace Westside Hospital billed $8.25 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
- 8.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 17
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in NM
- #12
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 16% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $81,124 | $13,561 | +24% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $35,367 | $2,382 | +82% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
34 | $91,955 | $11,340 | +47% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $53,131 | $4,967 | +51% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $70,291 | $10,429 | +62% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
25 | $71,482 | $6,130 | +79% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
22 | $60,739 | $9,809 | +30% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $81,614 | $11,090 | +48% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $77,494 | $7,187 | +98% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
15 | $46,445 | $3,374 | +95% |
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 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,258 | $1,502 | +130% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,580 | $2,865 | +104% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$77,494 | $7,187 | +98% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,445 | $3,374 | +95% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$35,367 | $2,382 | +82% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,482 | $6,130 | +79% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,266 | $3,315 | +69% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$70,291 | $10,429 | +62% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$81,124 | $13,561 | +24% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$60,739 | $9,809 | +30% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,311 | $5,686 | +36% |
|
Level 5 ENT Procedures
APC 5165 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,091 | $5,183 | +43% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$77,857 | $9,803 | +47% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$91,955 | $11,340 | +47% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$81,614 | $11,090 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,513 | $1,684 | +49% |
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.