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Top-rated hospitals in Louisiana

59 Louisiana hospitals ranked by overall star rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Our Lady Of The Angels Hospital, Womans Hospital, St Tammany Parish Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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59 hospitals ranked in Louisiana by overall star rating; 102 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalOverall 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 average3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Our Lady Of The Angels HospitalBogalusa, LA · Acute care44—10.5%15.6%0.96135 min1.2266Compare
T1Womans HospitalBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care44——14.8%0.95147 min1.06184Compare
T1St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · Acute care4413.5%11.5%15.8%0.74161 min1.01281Compare
T1St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA · Acute care44—11.0%15.0%—180 min0.8140Compare
T1Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · Acute care4411.1%13.6%15.8%0.69133 min1.04321Compare
T1West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · Acute care4411.7%11.7%14.6%1.04123 min1.03110Compare
T1Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches, LA · Acute care44—10.4%15.4%1.03158 min1.1196Compare
T1Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · Acute care4312.1%10.6%16.2%1.15174 min0.99959Compare
T1Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care4312.5%12.6%14.6%0.97197 min0.99160Compare
T1Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · Acute care4310.8%10.4%15.3%0.90147 min0.94110Compare
T1Christus Coushatta Health Care CenterCoushatta, LA · Critical access4——11.9%15.6%———25Compare
T1Savoy Medical CenterMamou, LA · Acute care4———15.1%0.98108 min1.2560Compare
T1Springhill Medical CenterSpringhill, LA · Acute care4——11.3%14.8%—99 min0.9848Compare
T14Citizens Medical CenterColumbia, LA · Acute care35—10.8%15.6%0.99124 min0.9640Compare
T14Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care SystemNew Orleans, LA · Veterans Affairs3410.6%7.0%16.1%0.77——591Compare
T14Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · Acute care3414.8%13.3%14.3%0.90171 min1.04194Compare
T14Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville, LA · Acute care35—12.6%14.3%0.93117 min1.0260Compare
T14Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder, LA · Acute care3411.5%11.6%14.3%0.96180 min1.2347Compare
T14Ochsner University Hospital And ClinicsLafayette, LA · Acute care34—10.9%16.1%1.07143 min1.03116Compare
T14Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care3412.4%11.4%15.0%0.83140 min1.04344Compare
T14FMOL Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · Acute care3412.1%11.9%14.6%0.99226 min1.08328Compare
T14Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care34—9.8%14.8%1.56126 min0.91156Compare
T14Ochsner LSU Health MonroeMonroe, LA · Acute care34—11.3%15.2%0.93152 min1.12247Compare
T14Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · Acute care3411.7%11.5%15.4%1.00147 min0.96341Compare
T14Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · Acute care34—11.5%15.4%0.87109 min1.0985Compare
T14Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care3313.5%12.4%15.5%0.85168 min1.02964Compare
T14West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · Acute care3312.5%16.2%15.0%0.95147 min1.10318Compare
T14Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · Acute care3311.7%11.1%15.3%0.96177 min1.17926Compare
T14Acadian Medical CenterEunice, LA · Acute care33—10.8%15.1%1.15116 min1.1649Compare
T14Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care3312.6%12.0%15.5%0.92210 min0.98384Compare
T14Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · Acute care3311.5%13.0%15.8%1.00165 min1.06242Compare
T14Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA · Acute care3411.6%14.2%15.3%0.98184 min1.10166Compare
T14Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · Acute care3313.2%11.8%15.7%1.34166 min1.02526Compare
T14Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care3312.1%12.4%15.1%0.89142 min1.05230Compare
T14Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care3311.9%9.9%16.4%1.04215 min1.06293Compare
T14Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care3311.9%10.4%15.2%1.41210 min1.02407Compare
T14Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte, LA · Acute care3——12.8%15.3%0.95144 min1.1849Compare
T14Oakdale Community HospitalOakdale, LA · Acute care3——11.6%14.4%0.94117 min1.0449Compare
T39East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · Acute care2412.3%10.9%15.3%1.09157 min1.06665Compare
T39Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · Acute care2412.4%10.5%15.9%1.04158 min1.08227Compare
T39Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings, LA · Acute care24—13.4%15.3%1.06104 min1.0949Compare
T39Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical CentShreveport, LA · Acute care24———0.99——93Compare
T39University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · Acute care2312.8%12.5%15.5%1.30327 min1.02446Compare
T39Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · Acute care23—13.3%17.4%0.93121 min1.2649Compare
T39Minden Medical CenterMinden, LA · Acute care23—13.3%15.5%0.92121 min1.1492Compare
T39Ochsner St MaryMorgan City, LA · Acute care23—9.9%15.4%0.9589 min1.1686Compare
T39Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · Acute care2411.8%16.1%15.3%0.96122 min1.03171Compare
T39Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care2412.5%11.4%14.6%1.21125 min0.99166Compare
T39Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care23—12.3%15.8%1.11247 min1.16295Compare
T39Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)Shreveport, LA · Veterans Affairs2312.3%9.0%15.0%2.25——434Compare

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.

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).