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Hospitals in New Mexico with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

36 New Mexico hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital, Lovelace Women's Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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36 hospitals ranked in New Mexico by hospital-wide readmission rate; 9 more match but have no reported value.

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National average15.0%11.9%11.1%15.2%8.6%2.4%11.9%
1Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care13.7%11.0%8.2%14.3%7.8%—9.9%Compare
2Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care13.8%11.7%8.9%13.9%6.2%2.1%11.3%Compare
3Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care14.0%—9.4%13.1%——11.9%Compare
4Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care14.1%—10.0%13.0%——13.7%Compare
5Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care14.2%—10.9%14.9%———Compare
T6Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care14.3%—12.3%16.7%———Compare
T6Nor-Lea Hospital DistrictLovington, NM · Critical access14.3%——12.7%———Compare
T8Lincoln County Medical CenterRuidoso, NM · Critical access14.7%—11.9%17.3%7.9%——Compare
T8Holy Cross Hospital A Division Of Taos Health SystemsTaos, NM · Critical access14.7%—11.3%14.6%——12.9%Compare
T8Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial HospitalTucumcari, NM · Critical access14.7%——————Compare
T8Socorro General HospitalSocorro, NM · Critical access14.7%——16.1%———Compare
T12VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs14.8%10.6%7.6%11.3%6.0%——Compare
T12Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup, NM · Acute care14.8%—10.5%13.0%———Compare
T12Roosevelt General HospitalPortales, NM · Acute care14.8%——14.8%———Compare
T15Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care14.9%11.1%9.6%15.0%9.8%2.5%13.6%Compare
T15Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care14.9%—13.1%14.3%7.8%—12.5%Compare
T15Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care14.9%11.3%12.9%16.5%10.1%—14.8%Compare
18Artesia General HospitalArtesia, NM · Acute care15.0%—12.8%14.9%———Compare
T19Gila Regional Medical CenterSilver City, NM · Critical access15.1%—11.9%16.3%———Compare
T19Zuni Comprehensive Community Health CenterZuni, NM · Acute care15.1%——————Compare
T21Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care15.2%—10.3%12.0%——13.5%Compare
T21Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock, NM · Acute care15.2%—11.6%20.0%———Compare
T21San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care15.2%11.0%13.6%16.7%13.4%—12.1%Compare
T21Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos, NM · Acute care15.2%—10.0%17.8%———Compare
T21Sierra Vista HospitalT Or C, NM · Critical access15.2%——16.2%———Compare
T26Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care15.3%12.6%11.4%19.5%10.4%—9.9%Compare
T26Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · Acute care15.3%—15.3%16.4%———Compare
T26UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care15.3%11.0%8.4%15.0%6.8%—9.9%Compare
T26Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care15.3%11.6%15.1%19.2%12.4%—14.3%Compare
T26Mimbres Valley Medical CenterDeming, NM · Critical access15.3%——16.0%———Compare
T26Miners' Colfax Medical CenterRaton, NM · Critical access15.3%——18.6%———Compare
T26Union County General HospitalClayton, NM · Critical access15.3%——————Compare
T33Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care15.4%12.3%13.9%17.7%9.1%2.0%10.1%Compare
T33Cibola General HospitalGrants, NM · Critical access15.4%——————Compare
35Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care15.6%12.2%12.3%18.2%10.4%—20.5%Compare
36Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care16.0%12.7%11.1%16.7%9.9%2.3%13.9%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.

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