New Mexico hospitals: 45 Medicare-certified, source-cited CMS quality data.
Fonteum tracks 45 Medicare-certified hospitals in New Mexico, each carrying its CMS overall star rating, hospital type, ownership, and emergency-services status. Every facility links to a per-hospital page signed to the CMS Hospital General Information dataset, snapshot 2026-05-07.
Reviewed by Jennifer Montecillo, MD, medical reviewer. Non-practicing medical reviewer. Last reviewed: June 2026 · Next review: December 2026.
Editorial note: New Mexico is a state where source-cited public-data coverage is materially thinner than national averages — Fonteum prioritizes full provenance + state context here.
New Mexico hospitals at a glance
Type, ownership, emergency-services availability, and CMS overall-rating distribution across New Mexico’s 45 Medicare-certified hospitals.
By hospital type
| Acute Care Hospitals | 26 |
| Critical Access Hospitals | 13 |
| Psychiatric | 4 |
| Acute Care - Veterans Administration | 1 |
| Rural Emergency Hospital | 1 |
By ownership
| Proprietary | 15 |
| Voluntary non-profit - Private | 14 |
| Government - Federal | 5 |
| Government - Local | 4 |
| Government - State | 2 |
By CMS overall ★
| 5 ★ | 1 |
| 3 ★ | 8 |
| 2 ★ | 9 |
| 1 ★ | 2 |
Hospitals in New Mexico, ranked by CMS overall rating
20 of 45 New Mexico hospitals carry a CMS overall star rating (state average 2.45 of 5). Select any hospital to open its provenance page.
New Mexico hospitals — FAQ
- How many Medicare-certified hospitals are in New Mexico?
- 45 Medicare-certified hospitals operate in New Mexico as of the CMS Hospital General Information snapshot (2026-05-07). 20 carry a CMS overall star rating, averaging 2.45 of 5.
- What kinds of hospitals does New Mexico have?
- New Mexico's hospitals break down by CMS hospital type (acute care, critical access, children's, psychiatric and more) and by ownership (government, proprietary, and voluntary non-profit). 84.4% offer emergency services. The breakdown tables on this page aggregate every facility CMS lists in the state.
- What does the CMS overall star rating mean?
- The CMS overall hospital rating (1–5 stars) summarizes performance across measure groups such as mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely & effective care. CMS does not rate every hospital; facilities below the reporting threshold show no rating and are excluded from the state average rather than counted as zero.
- Where does this hospital data come from and how current is it?
- All columns trace to the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (PDC xubh-q36u), source-modified 2026-01-26, redistributed unaltered as US-Government-Works public domain. Each hospital links to a provenance page; cross-check any facility at Medicare.gov.
Compare other facility types
Every Fonteum Care Compare module carries the same per-facility provenance for New Mexico and the rest of the country.