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Hospitals in New Mexico with the highest value-based purchasing score

19 New Mexico hospitals ranked by value-based purchasing score in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Presbyterian Espanola Hospital, Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center, Christus Southern New Mexico. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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19 hospitals ranked in New Mexico by value-based purchasing score; 26 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalValue-based purchasing scorehigher 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 average313.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Presbyterian Espanola HospitalEspanola, NM · Acute care55—4—10.9%14.2%0.96168 min0.7780Compare
2Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care5053—10.0%14.1%0.95225 min0.8136Compare
3Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · Acute care453312.6%11.4%15.3%0.93202 min0.9598Compare
4Gallup Indian Medical CenterGallup, NM · Acute care4322—10.5%14.8%0.96—0.8085Compare
5Lovelace Women's HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care4242—9.4%14.0%0.92205 min0.99120Compare
6Lovelace Westside HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care4243—10.3%15.2%0.93159 min1.0095Compare
7Lovelace Regional Hospital - RoswellRoswell, NM · Acute care4023—15.3%15.3%0.98130 min0.9027Compare
8Christus St Vincent Regional Medical CenterSanta Fe, NM · Acute care374311.0%8.2%13.7%1.37173 min0.93248Compare
9Presbyterian HospitalAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care342211.7%8.9%13.8%1.47280 min0.95623Compare
10Eastern New Mexico Medical CenterRoswell, NM · Acute care341211.6%15.1%15.3%0.88188 min0.94149Compare
11Northern Navajo Medical CenterShiprock, NM · Acute care3233—11.6%15.2%0.96—0.9469Compare
12Three Crosses Regional Hospital LLCLas Cruces, NM · Acute care303412.2%12.3%15.6%0.94151 min0.9746Compare
13Plains Regional Medical CenterClovis, NM · Acute care2823—13.1%14.9%0.96192 min0.88106Compare
14Memorial Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care272212.3%13.9%15.4%1.18206 min1.03286Compare
15Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · Acute care212311.1%9.6%14.9%1.44212 min1.00254Compare
16Carlsbad Medical CenterCarlsbad, NM · Acute care211211.3%12.9%14.9%0.96192 min1.08116Compare
17Mountain View Regional Medical CenterLas Cruces, NM · Acute care212212.7%11.1%16.0%0.82161 min1.04168Compare
18San Juan Regional Medical Center IncFarmington, NM · Acute care172211.0%13.6%15.2%0.86190 min0.98240Compare
19Covenant Health Hobbs HospitalHobbs, NM · Acute care034—12.3%14.3%0.97170 min1.1384Compare

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.

Value-based purchasing score
Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Total Performance Score (0-100), from outcomes, safety, patient experience and efficiency. It sets a Medicare bonus or penalty..
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).