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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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National average15.2%11.9%11.1%8.6%2.4%11.9%15.0%
1VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs11.3%10.6%7.6%6.0%——14.8%Compare
2Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care12.0%—10.3%——13.5%15.2%Compare
3Nor-Lea Hospital DistrictLovington, NM · Critical access12.7%—————14.3%Compare
T4Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care13.0%—10.0%——13.7%14.1%Compare
T4Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup, NM · Acute care13.0%—10.5%———14.8%Compare
6Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care13.1%—9.4%——11.9%14.0%Compare
7Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care13.9%11.7%8.9%6.2%2.1%11.3%13.8%Compare
T8Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care14.3%11.0%8.2%7.8%—9.9%13.7%Compare
T8Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care14.3%—13.1%7.8%—12.5%14.9%Compare
10Holy Cross Hospital A Division Of Taos Health SystemsTaos, NM · Critical access14.6%—11.3%——12.9%14.7%Compare
11Roosevelt General HospitalPortales, NM · Acute care14.8%—————14.8%Compare
T12Artesia General HospitalArtesia, NM · Acute care14.9%—12.8%———15.0%Compare
T12Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care14.9%—10.9%———14.2%Compare
T14Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care15.0%11.1%9.6%9.8%2.5%13.6%14.9%Compare
T14UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care15.0%11.0%8.4%6.8%—9.9%15.3%Compare
16Mimbres Valley Medical CenterDeming, NM · Critical access16.0%—————15.3%Compare
17Socorro General HospitalSocorro, NM · Critical access16.1%—————14.7%Compare
18Sierra Vista HospitalT Or C, NM · Critical access16.2%—————15.2%Compare
19Gila Regional Medical CenterSilver City, NM · Critical access16.3%—11.9%———15.1%Compare
20Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · Acute care16.4%—15.3%———15.3%Compare
21Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care16.5%11.3%12.9%10.1%—14.8%14.9%Compare
T22Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care16.7%—12.3%———14.3%Compare
T22Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care16.7%12.7%11.1%9.9%2.3%13.9%16.0%Compare
T22San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care16.7%11.0%13.6%13.4%—12.1%15.2%Compare
25Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access17.3%—11.9%7.9%——14.7%Compare
26Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care17.7%12.3%13.9%9.1%2.0%10.1%15.4%Compare
27Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos, NM · Acute care17.8%—10.0%———15.2%Compare
28Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care18.2%12.2%12.3%10.4%—20.5%15.6%Compare
29Miners' Colfax Medical CenterRaton, NM · Critical access18.6%—————15.3%Compare
30Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care19.2%11.6%15.1%12.4%—14.3%15.3%Compare
31Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care19.5%12.6%11.4%10.4%—9.9%15.3%Compare
32Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock, NM · Acute care20.0%—11.6%———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.

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