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Hospitals in Louisiana with the best net Medicare quality adjustments

79 Louisiana hospitals ranked by net Medicare quality adjustment in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: St Charles Parish Hospital, St Bernard Parish Hospital, Christus Ochsner Lake Area Hospital. 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 net medicare quality adjustment; 82 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalNet Medicare quality adjustmenthigher 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−0.48%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1St Charles Parish HospitalLuling, LA · Acute care+4.53%—5——15.2%0.99114 min0.8249Compare
2St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA · Acute care+2.60%44—11.0%15.0%—180 min0.8140Compare
3Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care+2.44%—4——14.6%0.96130 min0.9688Compare
4Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care+1.32%34—9.8%14.8%1.56126 min0.91156Compare
5Our Lady Of The Angels HospitalBogalusa, LA · Acute care+1.05%44—10.5%15.6%0.96135 min1.2266Compare
6Ochsner LSU Health MonroeMonroe, LA · Acute care+1.03%34—11.3%15.2%0.93152 min1.12247Compare
7New Orleans East HospitalNew Orleans, LA · Acute care+0.92%————14.9%0.98140 min1.0550Compare
8Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches, LA · Acute care+0.79%44—10.4%15.4%1.03158 min1.1196Compare
9Savoy Medical CenterMamou, LA · Acute care+0.30%4———15.1%0.98108 min1.2560Compare
10Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · Acute care+0.28%4310.8%10.4%15.3%0.90147 min0.94110Compare
11Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · Acute care+0.24%4411.1%13.6%15.8%0.69133 min1.04321Compare
12Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care+0.20%2412.5%11.4%14.6%1.21125 min0.99166Compare
13Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care+0.01%4312.5%12.6%14.6%0.97197 min0.99160Compare
T14Oakdale Community HospitalOakdale, LA · Acute care0.00%3——11.6%14.4%0.94117 min1.0449Compare
T14Desoto Regional Health SystemMansfield, LA · Acute care0.00%2——11.0%14.3%—109 min1.0211Compare
T14Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical CentShreveport, LA · Acute care0.00%24———0.99——93Compare
T14Allen Parish HospitalKinder, LA · Acute care0.00%————14.6%—105 min1.0349Compare
T14AvalaCovington, LA · Acute care0.00%—5——14.0%0.91—0.9621Compare
T14Cypress Pointe Surgical HospitalHammond, LA · Acute care0.00%—4——14.5%0.94—0.9630Compare
T14Franklin Medical CenterWinnsboro, LA · Acute care0.00%————15.3%0.98145 min1.1837Compare
T14Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette, LA · Acute care0.00%————14.6%0.93—1.0220Compare
T14Monroe Surgical HospitalMonroe, LA · Acute care0.00%————15.2%1.01—1.1810Compare
T14Omega Hospital, LLCMetairie, LA · Acute care0.00%————————16Compare
T14Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care0.00%—4——14.4%0.92—0.9037Compare
T14Park Place Surgical HospitalLafayette, LA · Acute care0.00%————14.6%0.99—0.8810Compare
T14Sabine Medical CenterMany, LA · Acute care0.00%————15.4%0.99129 min1.0948Compare
T14Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.00%————14.5%0.98—0.8816Compare
28Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte, LA · Acute care−0.05%3——12.8%15.3%0.95144 min1.1849Compare
29Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA · Acute care−0.05%3411.6%14.2%15.3%0.98184 min1.10166Compare
30The GeneralBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care−0.06%————15.0%—180 min1.01230Compare
31Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · Acute care−0.06%2411.8%16.1%15.3%0.96122 min1.03171Compare
32Caldwell Memorial Hospital, IncColumbia, LA · Acute care−0.08%————15.5%——1.1047Compare
33Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · Acute care−0.11%3411.7%11.5%15.4%1.00147 min0.96341Compare
34Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder, LA · Acute care−0.16%3411.5%11.6%14.3%0.96180 min1.2347Compare
35Specialists Hospital ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care−0.22%—4——14.6%0.85—1.0215Compare
36Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · Acute care−0.26%34—11.5%15.4%0.87109 min1.0985Compare
37Citizens Medical CenterColumbia, LA · Acute care−0.28%35—10.8%15.6%0.99124 min0.9640Compare
38Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care−0.39%3311.9%9.9%16.4%1.04215 min1.06293Compare
39Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer, LA · Acute care−0.43%13—11.8%16.6%—84 min1.0247Compare
40Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · Acute care−0.45%4312.1%10.6%16.2%1.15174 min0.99959Compare
41Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care−0.45%3312.6%12.0%15.5%0.92210 min0.98384Compare
42FMOL Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · Acute care−0.50%3412.1%11.9%14.6%0.99226 min1.08328Compare
43Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care−0.51%3313.5%12.4%15.5%0.85168 min1.02964Compare
44Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville, LA · Acute care−0.55%35—12.6%14.3%0.93117 min1.0260Compare
45Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · Acute care−0.56%3311.5%13.0%15.8%1.00165 min1.06242Compare
46St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · Acute care−0.57%4413.5%11.5%15.8%0.74161 min1.01281Compare
47Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care−0.61%3412.4%11.4%15.0%0.83140 min1.04344Compare
48Womans HospitalBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care−0.70%44——14.8%0.95147 min1.06184Compare
49Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings, LA · Acute care−0.72%24—13.4%15.3%1.06104 min1.0949Compare
50Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · Acute care−0.74%3414.8%13.3%14.3%0.90171 min1.04194Compare

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.

Net Medicare quality adjustment
Approximate combined change to the hospital's Medicare inpatient payments from the three pay-for-performance programs, added together: the readmissions penalty, the value-based purchasing bonus or penalty, and the 1% cut for hospital-acquired conditions. Inpatient prospective payment system hospitals only; Maryland hospitals are exempt..
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).