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Hospitals in New Mexico with the lowest heart failure death rate

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

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26 hospitals ranked in New Mexico by heart failure death rate; 19 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHeart failure death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack 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 average11.1%3.311.9%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs7.6%3410.6%14.8%1.85——483Compare
2Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care8.2%4311.0%13.7%1.37173 min0.93248Compare
3UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care8.4%2211.0%15.3%1.51273 min1.00527Compare
4Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care8.9%2211.7%13.8%1.47280 min0.95623Compare
5Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care9.4%42—14.0%0.92205 min0.99120Compare
6Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care9.6%2311.1%14.9%1.44212 min1.00254Compare
T7Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care10.0%53—14.1%0.95225 min0.8136Compare
T7Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos, NM · Acute care10.0%—3—15.2%0.98168 min0.8353Compare
9Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care10.3%43—15.2%0.93159 min1.0095Compare
10Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup, NM · Acute care10.5%22—14.8%0.96—0.8085Compare
11Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care10.9%—4—14.2%0.96168 min0.7780Compare
12Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care11.1%2212.7%16.0%0.82161 min1.04168Compare
13Holy Cross Hospital A Division Of Taos Health SystemsTaos, NM · Critical access11.3%14—14.7%—92 min—25Compare
14Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care11.4%3312.6%15.3%0.93202 min0.9598Compare
15Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock, NM · Acute care11.6%33—15.2%0.96—0.9469Compare
T16Gila Regional Medical CenterSilver City, NM · Critical access11.9%24—15.1%—191 min—25Compare
T16Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access11.9%24—14.7%—146 min—25Compare
T18Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care12.3%34—14.3%0.97170 min1.1384Compare
T18Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care12.3%3412.2%15.6%0.94151 min0.9746Compare
20Artesia General HospitalArtesia, NM · Acute care12.8%———15.0%1.1699 min0.8349Compare
21Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care12.9%1211.3%14.9%0.96192 min1.08116Compare
22Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care13.1%23—14.9%0.96192 min0.88106Compare
23San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care13.6%2211.0%15.2%0.86190 min0.98240Compare
24Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care13.9%2212.3%15.4%1.18206 min1.03286Compare
25Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care15.1%1211.6%15.3%0.88188 min0.94149Compare
26Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · Acute care15.3%23—15.3%0.98130 min0.9027Compare

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 failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
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).