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Hospitals in New Mexico with the highest patients' overall rating

26 New Mexico hospitals ranked by patients' overall rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Lincoln County Medical Center, Presbyterian Espanola Hospital, Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLC. 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 patients' overall rating; 19 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients' overall ratinghigher 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 average883.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access9224—11.9%14.7%—146 min—25Compare
T1Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care92—4—10.9%14.2%0.96168 min0.7780Compare
3Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care913412.2%12.3%15.6%0.94151 min0.9746Compare
T4Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care9034—12.3%14.3%0.97170 min1.1384Compare
T4VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs903410.6%7.6%14.8%1.85——483Compare
T6Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care8943—10.3%15.2%0.93159 min1.0095Compare
T6Gila Regional Medical CenterSilver City, NM · Critical access8924—11.9%15.1%—191 min—25Compare
T8Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care8853—10.0%14.1%0.95225 min0.8136Compare
T8Holy Cross Hospital A Division Of Taos Health SystemsTaos, NM · Critical access8814—11.3%14.7%—92 min—25Compare
T8Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos, NM · Acute care88—3—10.0%15.2%0.98168 min0.8353Compare
T8Mimbres Valley Medical CenterDeming, NM · Critical access88—3——15.3%—148 min—25Compare
T12Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care874311.0%8.2%13.7%1.37173 min0.93248Compare
T12Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care873312.6%11.4%15.3%0.93202 min0.9598Compare
T12Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock, NM · Acute care8733—11.6%15.2%0.96—0.9469Compare
T15Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care862311.1%9.6%14.9%1.44212 min1.00254Compare
T15Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · Acute care8623—15.3%15.3%0.98130 min0.9027Compare
T15Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care862211.7%8.9%13.8%1.47280 min0.95623Compare
T18San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care852211.0%13.6%15.2%0.86190 min0.98240Compare
T18UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care852211.0%8.4%15.3%1.51273 min1.00527Compare
T20Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care842212.3%13.9%15.4%1.18206 min1.03286Compare
T20Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care8423—13.1%14.9%0.96192 min0.88106Compare
22Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care8342—9.4%14.0%0.92205 min0.99120Compare
T23Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup, NM · Acute care8222—10.5%14.8%0.96—0.8085Compare
T23Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care822212.7%11.1%16.0%0.82161 min1.04168Compare
25Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care811211.6%15.1%15.3%0.88188 min0.94149Compare
26Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care771211.3%12.9%14.9%0.96192 min1.08116Compare

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.

Patients' overall rating
HCAHPS overall hospital rating, linear mean score (0-100).
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).