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Hospitals in New Mexico with the lowest heart attack death rate

12 New Mexico hospitals ranked by heart attack death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: VA New Mexico Healthcare System, Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center, San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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12 hospitals ranked in New Mexico by heart attack death rate; 33 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHeart attack death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher 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 average11.9%3.311.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs10.6%347.6%14.8%1.85——483Compare
T2Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care11.0%438.2%13.7%1.37173 min0.93248Compare
T2San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care11.0%2213.6%15.2%0.86190 min0.98240Compare
T2UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care11.0%228.4%15.3%1.51273 min1.00527Compare
5Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care11.1%239.6%14.9%1.44212 min1.00254Compare
6Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care11.3%1212.9%14.9%0.96192 min1.08116Compare
7Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care11.6%1215.1%15.3%0.88188 min0.94149Compare
8Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care11.7%228.9%13.8%1.47280 min0.95623Compare
9Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care12.2%3412.3%15.6%0.94151 min0.9746Compare
10Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care12.3%2213.9%15.4%1.18206 min1.03286Compare
11Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care12.6%3311.4%15.3%0.93202 min0.9598Compare
12Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care12.7%2211.1%16.0%0.82161 min1.04168Compare

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.

Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
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).