Hospital rankings
Hospitals in New Mexico with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)
9 New Mexico hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Christus Southern New Mexico, Lovelace Medical Center, Memorial Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| T1 | Christus Southern New Mexico | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | — | 0.79, 20th percentile | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare Christus Southern New Mexico |
| T1 | Lovelace Medical Center | 0.00, 91st percentile | 1.44, 3rd percentile | 0.94, 18th percentile | 0.47, 42nd percentile | — | 0.29, 75th percentile | 0.36, 38th percentile | Compare Lovelace Medical Center |
| T1 | Memorial Medical Center | 0.00, 91st percentile | 1.18, 12th percentile | 0.41, 57th percentile | 0.24, 64th percentile | — | 0.45, 64th percentile | 0.23, 57th percentile | Compare Memorial Medical Center |
| 4 | Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center | 0.61, 57th percentile | 1.37, 4th percentile | 1.50, 6th percentile | 1.03, 11th percentile | — | 1.09, 18th percentile | 0.31, 45th percentile | Compare Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center |
| 5 | Mountain View Regional Medical Center | 1.24, 23rd percentile | 0.82, 90th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.00, 88th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.34, 41st percentile | Compare Mountain View Regional Medical Center |
| 6 | Presbyterian Hospital | 1.35, 19th percentile | 1.47, 3rd percentile | 1.04, 14th percentile | 0.93, 14th percentile | 1.98, 15th percentile | 0.57, 52nd percentile | 0.65, 15th percentile | Compare Presbyterian Hospital |
| 7 | Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center | 1.44, 16th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | — | — | — | — | 1.22, 3rd percentile | Compare Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center |
| 8 | UNM Hospital | 1.58, 13th percentile | 1.51, 2nd percentile | 0.88, 21st percentile | 0.68, 26th percentile | 0.46, 72nd percentile | 0.94, 24th percentile | 0.88, 7th percentile | Compare UNM Hospital |
| 9 | San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc | 2.24, 3rd percentile | 0.86, 83rd percentile | 2.33, 1st percentile | 1.63, 3rd percentile | — | 1.76, 4th percentile | 0.22, 59th percentile | 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.
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).