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Hospitals in New Mexico with the lowest C. diff infections

23 New Mexico hospitals ranked by C. diff infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Christus Southern New Mexico, Lincoln County Medical Center, Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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23 hospitals ranked in New Mexico by c. diff infections; 22 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalC. diff infectionslower 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 betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care0.003312.6%11.4%15.3%0.93202 min0.9598Compare
T1Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access0.0024—11.9%14.7%—146 min—25Compare
T1Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care0.001211.6%15.1%15.3%0.88188 min0.94149Compare
T1Mimbres Valley Medical CenterDeming, NM · Critical access0.00—3——15.3%—148 min—25Compare
T1Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care0.00—4—10.9%14.2%0.96168 min0.7780Compare
6San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care0.222211.0%13.6%15.2%0.86190 min0.98240Compare
7Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care0.232212.3%13.9%15.4%1.18206 min1.03286Compare
8Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care0.241211.3%12.9%14.9%0.96192 min1.08116Compare
9Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock, NM · Acute care0.2533—11.6%15.2%0.96—0.9469Compare
10Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care0.314311.0%8.2%13.7%1.37173 min0.93248Compare
11Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care0.342212.7%11.1%16.0%0.82161 min1.04168Compare
12Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care0.362311.1%9.6%14.9%1.44212 min1.00254Compare
13Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care0.4042—9.4%14.0%0.92205 min0.99120Compare
14Holy Cross Hospital A Division Of Taos Health SystemsTaos, NM · Critical access0.5614—11.3%14.7%—92 min—25Compare
15Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care0.6243—10.3%15.2%0.93159 min1.0095Compare
16Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care0.652211.7%8.9%13.8%1.47280 min0.95623Compare
17Gila Regional Medical CenterSilver City, NM · Critical access0.8724—11.9%15.1%—191 min—25Compare
18UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care0.882211.0%8.4%15.3%1.51273 min1.00527Compare
19Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup, NM · Acute care0.9322—10.5%14.8%0.96—0.8085Compare
20Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care0.9923—13.1%14.9%0.96192 min0.88106Compare
21Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care1.053412.2%12.3%15.6%0.94151 min0.9746Compare
22Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care1.2253—10.0%14.1%0.95225 min0.8136Compare
23Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care2.2634—12.3%14.3%0.97170 min1.1384Compare

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.

C. diff infections
Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
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).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
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).