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Hospitals in Louisiana with the lowest medicare spending per patient

78 Louisiana hospitals ranked by medicare spending per patient in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: St Bernard Parish Hospital, St Charles Parish Hospital, Park Place Surgical Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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78 hospitals ranked in Louisiana by medicare spending per patient; 83 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalMedicare spending per patientlower 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 betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min
1St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA · Acute care0.8144—11.0%15.0%—180 min40Compare
2St Charles Parish HospitalLuling, LA · Acute care0.82—5——15.2%0.99114 min49Compare
T3Park Place Surgical HospitalLafayette, LA · Acute care0.88————14.6%0.99—10Compare
T3Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.88————14.5%0.98—16Compare
T5Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care0.90—4——14.4%0.92—37Compare
T5Sterling Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care0.90————15.3%0.95—12Compare
7Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care0.9134—9.8%14.8%1.56126 min156Compare
8East Carroll Parish HospitalLake Providence, LA · Acute care0.93————14.9%—89 min23Compare
9Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · Acute care0.944310.8%10.4%15.3%0.90147 min110Compare
T10Citizens Medical CenterColumbia, LA · Acute care0.9635—10.8%15.6%0.99124 min40Compare
T10Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · Acute care0.963411.7%11.5%15.4%1.00147 min341Compare
T10AvalaCovington, LA · Acute care0.96—5——14.0%0.91—21Compare
T10Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care0.96—4——14.6%0.96130 min88Compare
T10Cypress Pointe Surgical HospitalHammond, LA · Acute care0.96—4——14.5%0.94—30Compare
T15Springhill Medical CenterSpringhill, LA · Acute care0.984——11.3%14.8%—99 min48Compare
T15Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.983312.6%12.0%15.5%0.92210 min384Compare
T15Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care0.982311.3%10.3%16.0%1.33203 min313Compare
T18Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.994312.5%12.6%14.6%0.97197 min160Compare
T18Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · Acute care0.994312.1%10.6%16.2%1.15174 min959Compare
T18Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care0.992412.5%11.4%14.6%1.21125 min166Compare
T18The Spine Hospital Of LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.99—4——16.4%0.85—23Compare
T22St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · Acute care1.014413.5%11.5%15.8%0.74161 min281Compare
T22The GeneralBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care1.01————15.0%—180 min230Compare
T24Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville, LA · Acute care1.0235—12.6%14.3%0.93117 min60Compare
T24Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care1.023311.9%10.4%15.2%1.41210 min407Compare
T24Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · Acute care1.023313.2%11.8%15.7%1.34166 min526Compare
T24Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care1.023313.5%12.4%15.5%0.85168 min964Compare
T24Desoto Regional Health SystemMansfield, LA · Acute care1.022——11.0%14.3%—109 min11Compare
T24University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · Acute care1.022312.8%12.5%15.5%1.30327 min446Compare
T24Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer, LA · Acute care1.0213—11.8%16.6%—84 min47Compare
T24Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette, LA · Acute care1.02————14.6%0.93—20Compare
T24Specialists Hospital ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care1.02—4——14.6%0.85—15Compare
T24St Charles Surgical HospitalNew Orleans, LA · Acute care1.02————14.9%0.95—39Compare
T34West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · Acute care1.034411.7%11.7%14.6%1.04123 min110Compare
T34Ochsner University Hospital And ClinicsLafayette, LA · Acute care1.0334—10.9%16.1%1.07143 min116Compare
T34Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · Acute care1.032411.8%16.1%15.3%0.96122 min171Compare
T34Allen Parish HospitalKinder, LA · Acute care1.03————14.6%—105 min49Compare
T38Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · Acute care1.044411.1%13.6%15.8%0.69133 min321Compare
T38Oakdale Community HospitalOakdale, LA · Acute care1.043——11.6%14.4%0.94117 min49Compare
T38Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care1.043412.4%11.4%15.0%0.83140 min344Compare
T38Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · Acute care1.043414.8%13.3%14.3%0.90171 min194Compare
T42Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care1.053312.1%12.4%15.1%0.89142 min230Compare
T42New Orleans East HospitalNew Orleans, LA · Acute care1.05————14.9%0.98140 min50Compare
T44Womans HospitalBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care1.0644——14.8%0.95147 min184Compare
T44Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · Acute care1.063311.5%13.0%15.8%1.00165 min242Compare
T44Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care1.063311.9%9.9%16.4%1.04215 min293Compare
T44East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · Acute care1.062412.3%10.9%15.3%1.09157 min665Compare
48Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · Acute care1.072211.8%10.1%16.1%1.08137 min346Compare
T49FMOL Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · Acute care1.083412.1%11.9%14.6%0.99226 min328Compare
T49Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · Acute care1.082412.4%10.5%15.9%1.04158 min227Compare

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.

Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
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.
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).