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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 betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterPneumonia death ratelower is betterCABG surgery death ratelower is betterStroke death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data
National average8.6%11.9%11.1%15.2%2.4%11.9%15.0%
1VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs6.0%10.6%7.6%11.3%——14.8%Compare
2Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care6.2%11.7%8.9%13.9%2.1%11.3%13.8%Compare
3UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care6.8%11.0%8.4%15.0%—9.9%15.3%Compare
T4Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care7.8%11.0%8.2%14.3%—9.9%13.7%Compare
T4Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care7.8%—13.1%14.3%—12.5%14.9%Compare
6Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access7.9%—11.9%17.3%——14.7%Compare
7Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care9.1%12.3%13.9%17.7%2.0%10.1%15.4%Compare
8Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care9.8%11.1%9.6%15.0%2.5%13.6%14.9%Compare
9Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care9.9%12.7%11.1%16.7%2.3%13.9%16.0%Compare
10Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care10.1%11.3%12.9%16.5%—14.8%14.9%Compare
T11Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care10.4%12.6%11.4%19.5%—9.9%15.3%Compare
T11Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care10.4%12.2%12.3%18.2%—20.5%15.6%Compare
13Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care12.4%11.6%15.1%19.2%—14.3%15.3%Compare
14San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care13.4%11.0%13.6%16.7%—12.1%15.2%Compare

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.
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke 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.