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Hospitals in New Mexico with the lowest pneumonia death rate

32 New Mexico hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: VA New Mexico Healthcare System, Lovelace Westside Hospital, Nor-Lea Hospital District. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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32 hospitals ranked in New Mexico by pneumonia death rate; 13 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPneumonia 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 average15.2%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs11.3%3410.6%7.6%14.8%1.85——483Compare
2Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care12.0%43—10.3%15.2%0.93159 min1.0095Compare
3Nor-Lea Hospital DistrictLovington, NM · Critical access12.7%————14.3%———25Compare
T4Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care13.0%53—10.0%14.1%0.95225 min0.8136Compare
T4Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup, NM · Acute care13.0%22—10.5%14.8%0.96—0.8085Compare
6Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care13.1%42—9.4%14.0%0.92205 min0.99120Compare
7Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care13.9%2211.7%8.9%13.8%1.47280 min0.95623Compare
T8Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care14.3%4311.0%8.2%13.7%1.37173 min0.93248Compare
T8Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care14.3%23—13.1%14.9%0.96192 min0.88106Compare
10Holy Cross Hospital A Division Of Taos Health SystemsTaos, NM · Critical access14.6%14—11.3%14.7%—92 min—25Compare
11Roosevelt General HospitalPortales, NM · Acute care14.8%————14.8%0.99162 min0.9824Compare
T12Artesia General HospitalArtesia, NM · Acute care14.9%———12.8%15.0%1.1699 min0.8349Compare
T12Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care14.9%—4—10.9%14.2%0.96168 min0.7780Compare
T14Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care15.0%2311.1%9.6%14.9%1.44212 min1.00254Compare
T14UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care15.0%2211.0%8.4%15.3%1.51273 min1.00527Compare
16Mimbres Valley Medical CenterDeming, NM · Critical access16.0%—3——15.3%—148 min—25Compare
17Socorro General HospitalSocorro, NM · Critical access16.1%————14.7%—139 min—24Compare
18Sierra Vista HospitalT Or C, NM · Critical access16.2%————15.2%—175 min—15Compare
19Gila Regional Medical CenterSilver City, NM · Critical access16.3%24—11.9%15.1%—191 min—25Compare
20Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · Acute care16.4%23—15.3%15.3%0.98130 min0.9027Compare
21Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care16.5%1211.3%12.9%14.9%0.96192 min1.08116Compare
T22Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care16.7%34—12.3%14.3%0.97170 min1.1384Compare
T22Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care16.7%2212.7%11.1%16.0%0.82161 min1.04168Compare
T22San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care16.7%2211.0%13.6%15.2%0.86190 min0.98240Compare
25Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access17.3%24—11.9%14.7%—146 min—25Compare
26Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care17.7%2212.3%13.9%15.4%1.18206 min1.03286Compare
27Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos, NM · Acute care17.8%—3—10.0%15.2%0.98168 min0.8353Compare
28Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care18.2%3412.2%12.3%15.6%0.94151 min0.9746Compare
29Miners' Colfax Medical CenterRaton, NM · Critical access18.6%————15.3%—118 min—25Compare
30Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care19.2%1211.6%15.1%15.3%0.88188 min0.94149Compare
31Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care19.5%3312.6%11.4%15.3%0.93202 min0.9598Compare
32Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock, NM · Acute care20.0%33—11.6%15.2%0.96—0.9469Compare

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.

Pneumonia death rate
30-day death rate for pneumonia 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).