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Hospitals in Louisiana with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

79 Louisiana hospitals ranked by readmissions penalty in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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79 hospitals ranked in Louisiana by readmissions penalty; 82 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalReadmissions penaltyhigher 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 average−0.34%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T51Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches, LA · Acute care−0.23%44—10.4%15.4%1.03158 min1.1196Compare
T51West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · Acute care−0.23%3312.5%16.2%15.0%0.95147 min1.10318Compare
53Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care−0.24%3311.9%10.4%15.2%1.41210 min1.02407Compare
54Ochsner St MaryMorgan City, LA · Acute care−0.32%23—9.9%15.4%0.9589 min1.1686Compare
55Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · Acute care−0.35%3411.7%11.5%15.4%1.00147 min0.96341Compare
56East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · Acute care−0.36%2412.3%10.9%15.3%1.09157 min1.06665Compare
57Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer, LA · Acute care−0.38%13—11.8%16.6%—84 min1.0247Compare
58Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · Acute care−0.39%2411.8%16.1%15.3%0.96122 min1.03171Compare
T59Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care−0.42%3312.6%12.0%15.5%0.92210 min0.98384Compare
T59Minden Medical CenterMinden, LA · Acute care−0.42%23—13.3%15.5%0.92121 min1.1492Compare
61Ochsner University Hospital And ClinicsLafayette, LA · Acute care−0.44%34—10.9%16.1%1.07143 min1.03116Compare
62Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care−0.47%3312.1%12.4%15.1%0.89142 min1.05230Compare
63Avoyelles HospitalMarksville, LA · Acute care−0.49%1——14.4%15.1%0.9777 min1.2237Compare
64Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA · Acute care−0.55%3411.6%14.2%15.3%0.98184 min1.10166Compare
65Citizens Medical CenterColumbia, LA · Acute care−0.57%35—10.8%15.6%0.99124 min0.9640Compare
T66St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · Acute care−0.60%4413.5%11.5%15.8%0.74161 min1.01281Compare
T66Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · Acute care−0.60%2211.8%10.1%16.1%1.08137 min1.07346Compare
68Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care−0.67%3412.4%11.4%15.0%0.83140 min1.04344Compare
T69Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · Acute care−0.69%3311.5%13.0%15.8%1.00165 min1.06242Compare
T69Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · Acute care−0.69%3311.7%11.1%15.3%0.96177 min1.17926Compare
71Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings, LA · Acute care−0.70%24—13.4%15.3%1.06104 min1.0949Compare
72Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · Acute care−0.84%3313.2%11.8%15.7%1.34166 min1.02526Compare
73East Carroll Parish HospitalLake Providence, LA · Acute care−1.15%————14.9%—89 min0.9323Compare
74Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · Acute care−1.22%23—13.3%17.4%0.93121 min1.2649Compare
75Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · Acute care−1.39%2412.4%10.5%15.9%1.04158 min1.08227Compare
76North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · Acute care−1.48%2314.0%13.4%16.8%1.10159 min1.15330Compare
77Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care−1.69%2311.3%10.3%16.0%1.33203 min0.98313Compare
78Sterling Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care−2.30%————15.3%0.95—0.9012Compare
79Christus Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care−3.00%————14.8%0.93—1.1324Compare

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.

Readmissions penalty
Change to Medicare payments under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which cuts payments (by up to 3%) to hospitals with more readmissions than expected. 0% means no 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).