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Hospitals in New Mexico with the lowest time in emergency department

32 New Mexico hospitals ranked by time in emergency department in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Holy Cross Hospital A Division Of Taos Health Systems, Artesia General Hospital, Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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32 hospitals ranked in New Mexico by time in emergency department; 13 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalTime in emergency departmentlower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average162 min3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.001.00
1Holy Cross Hospital A Division Of Taos Health SystemsTaos, NM · Critical access92 min14—11.3%14.7%——25Compare
2Artesia General HospitalArtesia, NM · Acute care99 min———12.8%15.0%1.160.8349Compare
3Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial HospitalTucumcari, NM · Critical access113 min————14.7%——25Compare
4Cibola General HospitalGrants, NM · Critical access115 min————15.4%——25Compare
5Miners' Colfax Medical CenterRaton, NM · Critical access118 min————15.3%——25Compare
6Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · Acute care130 min23—15.3%15.3%0.980.9027Compare
7Union County General HospitalClayton, NM · Critical access132 min————15.3%——25Compare
8Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care ServicesGallup, NM · Critical access136 min———————69Compare
9Socorro General HospitalSocorro, NM · Critical access139 min————14.7%——24Compare
10Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access146 min24—11.9%14.7%——25Compare
11Mimbres Valley Medical CenterDeming, NM · Critical access148 min—3——15.3%——25Compare
12Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care151 min3412.2%12.3%15.6%0.940.9746Compare
13Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care159 min43—10.3%15.2%0.931.0095Compare
14Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care161 min2212.7%11.1%16.0%0.821.04168Compare
15Roosevelt General HospitalPortales, NM · Acute care162 min————14.8%0.990.9824Compare
T16Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos, NM · Acute care168 min—3—10.0%15.2%0.980.8353Compare
T16Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care168 min—4—10.9%14.2%0.960.7780Compare
18Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care170 min34—12.3%14.3%0.971.1384Compare
19Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care173 min4311.0%8.2%13.7%1.370.93248Compare
20Sierra Vista HospitalT Or C, NM · Critical access175 min————15.2%——15Compare
21Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care188 min1211.6%15.1%15.3%0.880.94149Compare
22San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care190 min2211.0%13.6%15.2%0.860.98240Compare
23Gila Regional Medical CenterSilver City, NM · Critical access191 min24—11.9%15.1%——25Compare
T24Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care192 min23—13.1%14.9%0.960.88106Compare
T24Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care192 min1211.3%12.9%14.9%0.961.08116Compare
26Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care202 min3312.6%11.4%15.3%0.930.9598Compare
27Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care205 min42—9.4%14.0%0.920.99120Compare
28Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care206 min2212.3%13.9%15.4%1.181.03286Compare
29Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care212 min2311.1%9.6%14.9%1.441.00254Compare
30Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care225 min53—10.0%14.1%0.950.8136Compare
31UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care273 min2211.0%8.4%15.3%1.511.00527Compare
32Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care280 min2211.7%8.9%13.8%1.470.95623Compare

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).