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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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National average11.1%11.9%15.2%8.6%2.4%11.9%15.0%
1VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs7.6%10.6%11.3%6.0%——14.8%Compare
2Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care8.2%11.0%14.3%7.8%—9.9%13.7%Compare
3UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care8.4%11.0%15.0%6.8%—9.9%15.3%Compare
4Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care8.9%11.7%13.9%6.2%2.1%11.3%13.8%Compare
5Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care9.4%—13.1%——11.9%14.0%Compare
6Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care9.6%11.1%15.0%9.8%2.5%13.6%14.9%Compare
T7Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care10.0%—13.0%——13.7%14.1%Compare
T7Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos, NM · Acute care10.0%—17.8%———15.2%Compare
9Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care10.3%—12.0%——13.5%15.2%Compare
10Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup, NM · Acute care10.5%—13.0%———14.8%Compare
11Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care10.9%—14.9%———14.2%Compare
12Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care11.1%12.7%16.7%9.9%2.3%13.9%16.0%Compare
13Holy Cross Hospital A Division Of Taos Health SystemsTaos, NM · Critical access11.3%—14.6%——12.9%14.7%Compare
14Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care11.4%12.6%19.5%10.4%—9.9%15.3%Compare
15Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock, NM · Acute care11.6%—20.0%———15.2%Compare
T16Gila Regional Medical CenterSilver City, NM · Critical access11.9%—16.3%———15.1%Compare
T16Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access11.9%—17.3%7.9%——14.7%Compare
T18Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care12.3%—16.7%———14.3%Compare
T18Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care12.3%12.2%18.2%10.4%—20.5%15.6%Compare
20Artesia General HospitalArtesia, NM · Acute care12.8%—14.9%———15.0%Compare
21Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care12.9%11.3%16.5%10.1%—14.8%14.9%Compare
22Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care13.1%—14.3%7.8%—12.5%14.9%Compare
23San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care13.6%11.0%16.7%13.4%—12.1%15.2%Compare
24Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care13.9%12.3%17.7%9.1%2.0%10.1%15.4%Compare
25Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care15.1%11.6%19.2%12.4%—14.3%15.3%Compare
26Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · Acute care15.3%—16.4%———15.3%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.

Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD 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.