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Hospitals in Louisiana with the lowest time in emergency department

89 Louisiana hospitals ranked by time in emergency department in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Lady Of The Sea General Hospital, Richardson Medical Center, St Helena Parish Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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89 hospitals ranked in Louisiana by time in emergency department; 72 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalTime in emergency departmentlower 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 betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average162 min3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.001.00
1Lady Of The Sea General HospitalCut Off, LA · Critical access62 min———————15Compare
2Richardson Medical CenterRayville, LA · Acute care65 min————15.1%1.061.1138Compare
3St Helena Parish HospitalGreensburg, LA · Critical access73 min———————25Compare
4Avoyelles HospitalMarksville, LA · Acute care77 min1——14.4%15.1%0.971.2237Compare
5Hood Memorial HospitalAmite, LA · Critical access82 min———————25Compare
6Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer, LA · Acute care84 min13—11.8%16.6%—1.0247Compare
7Bunkie General HospitalBunkie, LA · Critical access88 min———————19Compare
T8Ochsner St MaryMorgan City, LA · Acute care89 min23—9.9%15.4%0.951.1686Compare
T8East Carroll Parish HospitalLake Providence, LA · Acute care89 min————14.9%—0.9323Compare
T8Union General HospitalFarmerville, LA · Critical access89 min————15.3%——20Compare
T11Abrom Kaplan Memorial HospitalKaplan, LA · Critical access90 min————14.9%——35Compare
T11Hardtner Medical CenterOlla, LA · Critical access90 min————15.8%——25Compare
13West Feliciana Parish HospitalSaint Francisville, LA · Critical access97 min———————25Compare
14Bayne-Jones ACH (Ft Johnson)Fort Johnson, LA · Military98 min———————200Compare
T15Springhill Medical CenterSpringhill, LA · Acute care99 min4——11.3%14.8%—0.9848Compare
T15DeQuincy Memorial HospitalDequincy, LA · Critical access99 min———————29Compare
T15Ochsner St Martin HospitalBreaux Bridge, LA · Critical access99 min—5——14.6%——25Compare
T18Bienville Medical CenterArcadia, LA · Critical access100 min———————21Compare
T18St James Parish HospitalLutcher, LA · Critical access100 min———————25Compare
T18Winn Parish Medical CenterWinnfield, LA · Acute care100 min————14.5%—1.2346Compare
21Lallie Kemp Medical CenterIndependence, LA · Critical access101 min———————24Compare
22Bayou Bend Health SystemFranklin, LA · Critical access102 min————14.8%——22Compare
23Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings, LA · Acute care104 min24—13.4%15.3%1.061.0949Compare
24Allen Parish HospitalKinder, LA · Acute care105 min————14.6%—1.0349Compare
25Savoy Medical CenterMamou, LA · Acute care108 min4———15.1%0.981.2560Compare
T26Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · Acute care109 min34—11.5%15.4%0.871.0985Compare
T26Desoto Regional Health SystemMansfield, LA · Acute care109 min2——11.0%14.3%—1.0211Compare
28St Charles Parish HospitalLuling, LA · Acute care114 min—5——15.2%0.990.8249Compare
29Reeves Memorial Medical CenterBernice, LA · Critical access115 min————14.9%——15Compare
30Acadian Medical CenterEunice, LA · Acute care116 min33—10.8%15.1%1.151.1649Compare
T31Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville, LA · Acute care117 min35—12.6%14.3%0.931.0260Compare
T31Oakdale Community HospitalOakdale, LA · Acute care117 min3——11.6%14.4%0.941.0449Compare
33Ochsner St Anne General HospitalRaceland, LA · Critical access120 min—5—11.9%14.5%——35Compare
T34Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · Acute care121 min23—13.3%17.4%0.931.2649Compare
T34Minden Medical CenterMinden, LA · Acute care121 min23—13.3%15.5%0.921.1492Compare
T36Morehouse General HospitalBastrop, LA · Acute care122 min2——11.3%14.7%—1.1649Compare
T36Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · Acute care122 min2411.8%16.1%15.3%0.961.03171Compare
38West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · Acute care123 min4411.7%11.7%14.6%1.041.03110Compare
T39Citizens Medical CenterColumbia, LA · Acute care124 min35—10.8%15.6%0.990.9640Compare
T39North Caddo Medical CenterVivian, LA · Critical access124 min————14.9%——25Compare
T39Pointe Coupee General HospitalNew Roads, LA · Critical access124 min———————23Compare
T42Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care125 min2412.5%11.4%14.6%1.210.99166Compare
T42Madison Parish HospitalTallulah, LA · Critical access125 min———————16Compare
T44Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care126 min34—9.8%14.8%1.560.91156Compare
T44Riverside Medical CenterFranklinton, LA · Critical access126 min————14.7%——25Compare
46Sabine Medical CenterMany, LA · Acute care129 min————15.4%0.991.0948Compare
47Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care130 min—4——14.6%0.960.9688Compare
48Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · Acute care133 min4411.1%13.6%15.8%0.691.04321Compare
T49Our Lady Of The Angels HospitalBogalusa, LA · Acute care135 min44—10.5%15.6%0.961.2266Compare
T49Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · Acute care135 min2212.9%13.1%14.7%1.031.3265Compare

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.

Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
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).
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).