CostGrade
F

16/100

#2,270 nationally

Memorial Medical Center

2450 South Telshor Blvd, Las Cruces, NM 88011 · (575) 522-8641

Among the highest charge markups in the country

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Memorial Medical Center billed $8.83 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
8.8x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
75
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in NM
#15
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
2/5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 4.3/35

Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 3.3/25

Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 5.4/30

Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 2.5/10

Better than 25% 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
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

189 $12,902 $1,402 +28%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

155 $50,526 $2,816 +100%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

146 $106,412 $13,837 +63%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

131 $25,383 $2,355 +31%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

118 $52,123 $4,476 +90%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

98 $126,077 $10,953 +102%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

90 $19,415 $1,774 +50%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

78 $38,888 $3,036 +88%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

72 $101,199 $9,574 +50%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

67 $66,743 $5,025 +90%

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 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$28,451 $1,400 +153%
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures with Major Complications

MS-DRG 266 · Inpatient stay

$590,404 $51,395 +145%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$27,588 $1,681 +143%
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc

MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay

$262,151 $22,095 +142%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures

APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit

$53,557 $3,319 +125%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$50,396 $3,013 +117%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$42,948 $2,819 +111%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)

MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay

$174,691 $21,115 +110%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 3 ENT Procedures

APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,456 $1,328 -30%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

$28,653 $10,569 -21%
Kidney Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay

$50,739 $10,952 -4%
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (with complications)

MS-DRG 378 · Inpatient stay

$41,083 $7,908 about average
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$34,899 $6,632 +6%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,473 $595 +11%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$63,589 $11,002 +12%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)

MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay

$44,734 $7,080 +19%

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.