Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Mexico with the lowest central line bloodstream infections
9 New Mexico hospitals ranked by central line bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mountain View Regional Medical Center, Memorial Medical Center, Lovelace Women's Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Mountain View Regional Medical Center | 0.00, 90th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | 0.82, 90th percentile | 161 min, 41st percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 168 | Compare Mountain View Regional Medical Center |
| 2 | Memorial Medical Center | 0.41, 57th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 13.9%, 8th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 206 min, 16th percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 286 | Compare Memorial Medical Center |
| 3 | Lovelace Women's Hospital | 0.59, 40th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 2, 10th percentile | — | 9.4%, 81st percentile | 14.0%, 93rd percentile | 0.92, 67th percentile | 205 min, 17th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 120 | Compare Lovelace Women's Hospital |
| 4 | UNM Hospital | 0.88, 21st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 8.4%, 92nd percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 1.51, 2nd percentile | 273 min, 2nd percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 527 | Compare UNM Hospital |
| 5 | Lovelace Medical Center | 0.94, 18th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 9.6%, 77th percentile | 14.9%, 54th percentile | 1.44, 3rd percentile | 212 min, 14th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 254 | Compare Lovelace Medical Center |
| 6 | Presbyterian Hospital | 1.04, 14th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 8.9%, 87th percentile | 13.8%, 96th percentile | 1.47, 3rd percentile | 280 min, 2nd percentile | 0.95, 71st percentile | 623 | Compare Presbyterian Hospital |
| 7 | VA New Mexico Healthcare System | 1.25, 9th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 10.6%, 87th percentile | 7.6%, 96th percentile | 14.8%, 61st percentile | 1.85, 1st percentile | — | — | 483 | Compare VA New Mexico Healthcare System |
| 8 | Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center | 1.50, 6th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 8.2%, 93rd percentile | 13.7%, 97th percentile | 1.37, 4th percentile | 173 min, 34th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 248 | Compare Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center |
| 9 | San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc | 2.33, 1st percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 2, 10th percentile | 11.0%, 77th percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | 0.86, 83rd percentile | 190 min, 24th percentile | 0.98, 55th percentile | 240 | Compare San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc |
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.
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (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).