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Hospitals in New Mexico with the lowest COPD death rate

14 New Mexico hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: VA New Mexico Healthcare System, Presbyterian Hospital, UNM Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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14 hospitals ranked in New Mexico by copd death rate; 31 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower 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 average8.6%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs6.0%3410.6%7.6%14.8%1.85——483Compare
2Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care6.2%2211.7%8.9%13.8%1.47280 min0.95623Compare
3UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care6.8%2211.0%8.4%15.3%1.51273 min1.00527Compare
T4Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care7.8%4311.0%8.2%13.7%1.37173 min0.93248Compare
T4Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care7.8%23—13.1%14.9%0.96192 min0.88106Compare
6Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access7.9%24—11.9%14.7%—146 min—25Compare
7Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care9.1%2212.3%13.9%15.4%1.18206 min1.03286Compare
8Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care9.8%2311.1%9.6%14.9%1.44212 min1.00254Compare
9Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care9.9%2212.7%11.1%16.0%0.82161 min1.04168Compare
10Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care10.1%1211.3%12.9%14.9%0.96192 min1.08116Compare
T11Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care10.4%3312.6%11.4%15.3%0.93202 min0.9598Compare
T11Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care10.4%3412.2%12.3%15.6%0.94151 min0.9746Compare
13Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care12.4%1211.6%15.1%15.3%0.88188 min0.94149Compare
14San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care13.4%2211.0%13.6%15.2%0.86190 min0.98240Compare

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.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
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).