NM · Acute Care - Veterans Administration
VA New Mexico Healthcare System
VA New Mexico Healthcare System in Albuquerque, NM. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- 3/5★
- CMS overall rating
- #1,944 of 2,866
- Peer rank by rating
- Acute Care - Veterans Administration
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
1501 SAN PEDRO DRIVE SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 4 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating C-
- 3 / 5
- Mortality Outcomes A+
- 2 better / 0 worse
- Patient Safety F
- 0 better / 1 worse
- Readmission Rates A+
- 1 better / 0 worse
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating
CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (5 measures reported)
CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (4 measures reported)
CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (6 measures reported)
Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.
CMS Hospital Compare placement
According to CMS Hospital Compare, VA New Mexico Healthcare System ranks #1,944 of 2,866 rated hospitals by overall star rating (3/5).
- #1,944
- of 2,866 rated hospitals
- 3/5
- overall star rating
- NM
- state
Placement is among hospitals with a published overall_rating > 0, ordered by rating descending.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 32005F · NM 3/5★
STAR-3 · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · MRF-PENDING · OWN-MIX · TYPE-ACUTE · ER-ON · QUAL-LEAD
- STAR-3 3/5 stars
- MID-PACK #1944/2866
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0★ peer
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- OWN-MIX Veterans Health Administra…
- TYPE-ACUTE Acute Care - Veterans Admi…
- ER-ON ER reported
- QUAL-LEAD 3 above · 1 below
Nearest rated peer outside NM: Acadia General Hospital, LA (±0★)
Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.
Star-rating neighbourhood around VA New Mexico Healthcare System
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest rated peers outside NM, not a full Hospital Compare board reprint.
Where this rating sits nationally
CMS overall star rating across 2,866 rated US hospitals
3 Top 69% higher than 31% of 2,866 CMS-rated hospitals
Each bar is a 1-wide band; taller bars hold more CMS-rated hospitals. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Hospital Compare, overall_rating · 2026-05-15
VA New Mexico Healthcare System sits in the above-average CMS measure third
Across mortality, patient-safety, and readmission cells, VA New Mexico Healthcare System posts 3 above-average counts against 1 below-average - a LEAD sheet in the Hospital Compare measure stack.
Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.
Price transparency data not indexed yet
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.
Contact
(505) 256-2889
1501 SAN PEDRO DRIVE SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
What to do with this hospital profile
VA New Mexico Healthcare System posts a LEAD CMS measure sheet (3 above-avg cells). Compare NM facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.
- Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for NM. NM profile
- Browse hospitals reporting Medicare data in NM. Hospitals list
- How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
- How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology
CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles
Care Compare-derived peer sets for VA New Mexico Healthcare System, all outside NM so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar CMS star rating
Nearest rated hospitals outside NM (3/5 here).
Similar Acute Care - Veterans Administration peers
Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside NM.
Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape
Nearest hospitals outside NM by CMS above/same/below cell totals (3/11/1 here · QUAL-LEAD). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does VA New Mexico Healthcare System rank among CMS-rated hospitals?
VA New Mexico Healthcare System's 3/5-star CMS overall rating sits at the 31st percentile of the 2,866 US hospitals with a published rating.
What type of hospital is VA New Mexico Healthcare System?
VA New Mexico Healthcare System is an acute care - veterans administration, veterans health administration ownership, located in Albuquerque, NM.
Does VA New Mexico Healthcare System publish machine-readable price data?
VA New Mexico Healthcare System does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.