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Hospitals in New Mexico with the lowest serious complications

24 New Mexico hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mountain View Regional Medical Center, San Juan Regional Medical Center Inc, Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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24 hospitals ranked in New Mexico by serious complications; 21 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalSerious complicationslower 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 dataTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%162 min1.00
1Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care0.822212.7%11.1%16.0%161 min1.04168Compare
2San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care0.862211.0%13.6%15.2%190 min0.98240Compare
3Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care0.881211.6%15.1%15.3%188 min0.94149Compare
4Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care0.9242—9.4%14.0%205 min0.99120Compare
T5Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care0.9343—10.3%15.2%159 min1.0095Compare
T5Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care0.933312.6%11.4%15.3%202 min0.9598Compare
7Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care0.943412.2%12.3%15.6%151 min0.9746Compare
8Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care0.9553—10.0%14.1%225 min0.8136Compare
T9Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock, NM · Acute care0.9633—11.6%15.2%—0.9469Compare
T9Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup, NM · Acute care0.9622—10.5%14.8%—0.8085Compare
T9Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care0.9623—13.1%14.9%192 min0.88106Compare
T9Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care0.961211.3%12.9%14.9%192 min1.08116Compare
T9Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care0.96—4—10.9%14.2%168 min0.7780Compare
14Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care0.9734—12.3%14.3%170 min1.1384Compare
T15Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · Acute care0.9823—15.3%15.3%130 min0.9027Compare
T15Los Alamos Medical CenterLos Alamos, NM · Acute care0.98—3—10.0%15.2%168 min0.8353Compare
17Roosevelt General HospitalPortales, NM · Acute care0.99————14.8%162 min0.9824Compare
18Artesia General HospitalArtesia, NM · Acute care1.16———12.8%15.0%99 min0.8349Compare
19Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care1.182212.3%13.9%15.4%206 min1.03286Compare
20Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care1.374311.0%8.2%13.7%173 min0.93248Compare
21Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care1.442311.1%9.6%14.9%212 min1.00254Compare
22Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care1.472211.7%8.9%13.8%280 min0.95623Compare
23UNM HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care1.512211.0%8.4%15.3%273 min1.00527Compare
24VA New Mexico Healthcare SystemAlbuquerque, NM · Veterans Affairs1.853410.6%7.6%14.8%——483Compare

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.

Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
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.
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).