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Hospitals in New Mexico with the highest patients would recommend

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

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher 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 average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care933412.2%12.3%15.6%0.94151 min0.9746Compare
T2Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access9224—11.9%14.7%—146 min—25Compare
T2Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care92—4—10.9%14.2%0.96168 min0.7780Compare
T4Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care8953—10.0%14.1%0.95225 min0.8136Compare
T4Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care8943—10.3%15.2%0.93159 min1.0095Compare
T4VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs893410.6%7.6%14.8%1.85——483Compare
T7Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care884311.0%8.2%13.7%1.37173 min0.93248Compare
T7Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care8834—12.3%14.3%0.97170 min1.1384Compare
9Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos, NM · Acute care87—3—10.0%15.2%0.98168 min0.8353Compare
T10Gila Regional Medical CenterSilver City, NM · Critical access8624—11.9%15.1%—191 min—25Compare
T10Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · Acute care8623—15.3%15.3%0.98130 min0.9027Compare
T10Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care862211.7%8.9%13.8%1.47280 min0.95623Compare
T10Holy Cross Hospital A Division Of Taos Health SystemsTaos, NM · Critical access8614—11.3%14.7%—92 min—25Compare
T14Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care853312.6%11.4%15.3%0.93202 min0.9598Compare
T14Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care852311.1%9.6%14.9%1.44212 min1.00254Compare
T14UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care852211.0%8.4%15.3%1.51273 min1.00527Compare
T14Mimbres Valley Medical CenterDeming, NM · Critical access85—3——15.3%—148 min—25Compare
18Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care8442—9.4%14.0%0.92205 min0.99120Compare
19Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care832212.3%13.9%15.4%1.18206 min1.03286Compare
T20Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock, NM · Acute care8133—11.6%15.2%0.96—0.9469Compare
T20San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care812211.0%13.6%15.2%0.86190 min0.98240Compare
T22Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care792212.7%11.1%16.0%0.82161 min1.04168Compare
T22Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care7923—13.1%14.9%0.96192 min0.88106Compare
T24Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup, NM · Acute care7722—10.5%14.8%0.96—0.8085Compare
T24Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care771211.6%15.1%15.3%0.88188 min0.94149Compare
26Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care741211.3%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 would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, 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).