New Mexico / Memorial Medical Center

CMS certification 320018 · Las Cruces, NM · 3 entries in CMS's price-transparency list

Memorial Medical Center: charges and Medicare payments

Memorial Medical Center reported 956 Medicare inpatient stays across 40 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 7.52 times what it was paid — among the higher ratios in New Mexico, number 3 of 16 hospitals with at least 100 stays (state median 4.13×, national 4.15×). Its most frequent stay was DRG 871, Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC: 146 stays at an average charge of $106,412, 18% above the national average. It also billed 1,609 outpatient services, charging 13.74 times what Medicare paid.

1Medicare inpatient stays 956
2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 7.52×
3Rank in NM (highest ratio = 1) 3 of 16
4CMS price-transparency actions 3

Average charge per stay at Memorial Medical Center, its 10 most frequent DRGs, bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.

Inpatient stays

For the 40 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, Memorial Medical Center charged more than the national average in 33 (83%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.

DRG	Stays	Avg charge	vs US	Avg paid
871 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC	146	$106,412	+18%	$13,837
291 Heart Failure and Shock with MCC	46	$59,116	+5%	$9,302
378 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with CC	42	$41,083	-15%	$7,908
189 Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure	37	$74,603	+30%	$9,488
274 Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without MCC	35	$186,475	+19%	$26,654
280 Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with MCC	35	$76,350	+1%	$11,199
853 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases with O.R. Procedures with...	32	$254,996	+11%	$43,165
177 Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with MCC	30	$97,106	+38%	$11,797
698 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with MCC	29	$63,589	-13%	$11,002
193 Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with MCC	26	$90,252	+51%	$14,748
322 Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Intraluminal...	25	$157,724	+38%	$16,434
690 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without MCC	25	$43,652	+15%	$5,869
885 Psychoses	25	$28,653	-35%	$10,569
392 Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive...	24	$45,911	+14%	$6,299
640 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and...	23	$67,175	+11%	$8,712
660 Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with CC	22	$78,434	+16%	$9,896
309 Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with CC	21	$45,489	+26%	$5,715
522 Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture...	21	$134,997	+32%	$19,459
872 Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours without MCC	19	$49,355	+1%	$7,289
287 Circulatory Disorders except AMI, with Cardiac...	18	$91,363	+43%	$8,050
641 Miscellaneous Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids and...	18	$39,979	+8%	$5,827
661 Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm without CC/MCC	18	$59,413	+5%	$7,762
286 Circulatory Disorders except AMI, with Cardiac...	17	$130,376	+16%	$15,782
389 Gastrointestinal Obstruction with CC	17	$49,925	+28%	$6,098
065 Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with CC or...	16	$55,401	-1%	$7,307
377 Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with MCC	15	$88,672	+4%	$11,869
321 Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Intraluminal...	14	$239,463	+46%	$26,366
683 Renal Failure with CC	14	$34,899	-14%	$6,632
699 Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with CC	14	$44,734	-6%	$7,080
217 Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures with...	13	$513,715	+55%	$45,051
266 Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement...	13	$590,404	+107%	$51,395
682 Renal Failure with MCC	13	$50,739	-23%	$10,952
216 Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures with...	12	$529,736	+8%	$86,934
229 Other Cardiothoracic Procedures without MCC	12	$214,546	+30%	$29,496
390 Gastrointestinal Obstruction without CC/MCC	12	$30,802	+10%	$4,279
481 Hip and Femur Procedures except Major Joint with CC	12	$174,691	+73%	$21,115
689 Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with MCC	12	$51,940	+1%	$8,353
312 Syncope and Collapse	11	$61,721	+36%	$5,993
394 Other Digestive System Diagnoses with CC	11	$51,422	+9%	$6,996
468 Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without CC/MCC	11	$262,151	+112%	$22,095

Outpatient services

Service (APC)	Services	Avg charge	Medicare allowed
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	189	$12,902	$1,402
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures	155	$50,526	$2,816
Comprehensive Observation Services	131	$25,383	$2,355
Level 5 Urology and Related Services	118	$52,123	$4,476
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures	98	$126,077	$10,953
Level 3 Urology and Related Services	90	$19,415	$1,774
Level 4 Urology and Related Services	78	$38,888	$3,036
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures	72	$101,199	$9,574
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services	67	$66,743	$5,025
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures	48	$136,984	$14,957
Level 3 Vascular Procedures	43	$32,691	$2,776
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures	42	$42,948	$2,819
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures	37	$78,063	$6,230
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	34	$25,589	$2,474
Level 3 ENT Procedures	33	$4,456	$1,328
Level 5 ENT Procedures	27	$70,326	$5,100
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures	26	$28,451	$1,400
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures	26	$62,538	$4,978
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures	24	$18,116	$1,657
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures	22	$59,909	$7,398
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures	22	$162,115	$16,932
Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures	22	$50,396	$3,013
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services	22	$93,146	$8,628
Level 1 Nerve Procedures	21	$27,588	$1,681
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy	19	$33,867	$3,261

Against the New Mexico average

For Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without MV >96 Hours with MCC (DRG 871), Memorial Medical Center charged $106,412 on average, 61% more than the New Mexico average of $65,967, and was paid $13,837 against a state average of $17,240. For Heart Failure and Shock with MCC (DRG 291), Memorial Medical Center charged $59,116 on average, 20% more than the New Mexico average of $49,310, and was paid $9,302 against a state average of $11,350. For Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage with CC (DRG 378), Memorial Medical Center charged $41,083 on average, 10% less than the New Mexico average of $45,690, and was paid $7,908 against a state average of $8,831. For Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure (DRG 189), Memorial Medical Center charged $74,603 on average, 76% more than the New Mexico average of $42,393, and was paid $9,488 against a state average of $11,604. For Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage (outpatient APC 5072), its average charge of $12,902 was 23% above the state average of $10,501. For Level 1 Endovascular Procedures (outpatient APC 5191), its average charge of $50,526 was 39% above the state average of $36,265. For Comprehensive Observation Services (outpatient APC 8011), its average charge of $25,383 was 18% above the state average of $21,444. For Level 5 Urology and Related Services (outpatient APC 5375), its average charge of $52,123 was 42% above the state average of $36,607.

Price-transparency record

CMS's enforcement list records these actions for a hospital named Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, NM, under the federal hospital price-transparency rule (45 CFR part 180), which requires hospitals to post their standard charges online:

Met Requirements — 2023-05-12 (CMS case 444)
Met Requirements — 2025-04-25 (CMS case 4106)
Met Requirements — 2025-06-20 (CMS case 5258)

A warning notice or corrective-action request is not a finding of wrongdoing; "Met Requirements" and closure notices record that CMS's review ended. Matched to this hospital by exact name, city and state.

Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.

Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.