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Hospitals in Louisiana with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
20 Louisiana hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center, Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
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| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| T1 | Baton Rouge General Medical Center | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 12.6%, 23rd percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 16.7%, 27th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | 12.6%, 34th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Baton Rouge General Medical Center |
| T1 | Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center | 2.0%, 69th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 18.2%, 13th percentile | 10.8%, 8th percentile | 14.4%, 15th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | Compare Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center |
| 3 | Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 11.5%, 62nd percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 15.0%, 52nd percentile | 9.2%, 31st percentile | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System |
| 4 | East Jefferson General Hospital | 2.3%, 49th percentile | 12.3%, 32nd percentile | 10.9%, 52nd percentile | 16.8%, 26th percentile | 8.9%, 38th percentile | 14.5%, 14th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare East Jefferson General Hospital |
| 5 | Touro Infirmary | 2.4%, 44th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 12.5%, 87th percentile | — | 12.3%, 39th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | Compare Touro Infirmary |
| T6 | Ochsner Medical Center Acute | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 10.6%, 58th percentile | 12.2%, 90th percentile | 10.1%, 14th percentile | 11.3%, 56th percentile | 16.2%, 5th percentile | Compare Ochsner Medical Center Acute |
| T6 | St Tammany Parish Hospital | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 15.6%, 43rd percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare St Tammany Parish Hospital |
| T6 | North Oaks Medical Center | 2.5%, 38th percentile | 14.0%, 4th percentile | 13.4%, 12th percentile | 16.4%, 31st percentile | 9.1%, 34th percentile | 13.9%, 19th percentile | 16.8%, 1st percentile | Compare North Oaks Medical Center |
| 9 | Rapides Regional Medical Center | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 10.1%, 68th percentile | 14.8%, 56th percentile | 9.7%, 20th percentile | 11.6%, 51st percentile | 16.1%, 6th percentile | Compare Rapides Regional Medical Center |
| T10 | Christus Ochsner St Patrick Hospital | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.3%, 48th percentile | 10.2%, 12th percentile | 13.8%, 20th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | Compare Christus Ochsner St Patrick Hospital |
| T10 | FMOL Health St Francis | 2.7%, 28th percentile | 12.1%, 38th percentile | 11.9%, 32nd percentile | 14.4%, 63rd percentile | 11.0%, 6th percentile | 9.8%, 84th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | Compare FMOL Health St Francis |
| 12 | Lake Charles Memorial Hospital | 2.8%, 24th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 14.4%, 63rd percentile | 8.8%, 41st percentile | 13.8%, 20th percentile | 15.2%, 34th percentile | Compare Lake Charles Memorial Hospital |
| 13 | Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center | 2.9%, 22nd percentile | 13.2%, 11th percentile | 11.8%, 34th percentile | 13.6%, 74th percentile | 6.9%, 90th percentile | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 15.7%, 13th percentile | Compare Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center |
| T14 | Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital | 3.1%, 16th percentile | 11.9%, 46th percentile | 9.9%, 72nd percentile | 15.2%, 50th percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | 14.9%, 12th percentile | 16.4%, 3rd percentile | Compare Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital |
| T14 | Thibodaux Regional Medical Center | 3.1%, 16th percentile | 14.8%, 1st percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 20.3%, 4th percentile | 10.7%, 8th percentile | 16.6%, 6th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | Compare Thibodaux Regional Medical Center |
| 16 | Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish | 3.2%, 14th percentile | 11.1%, 74th percentile | 13.6%, 10th percentile | 15.8%, 40th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | 13.2%, 26th percentile | 15.8%, 11th percentile | Compare Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish |
| 17 | Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc | 3.3%, 12th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 18.0%, 14th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 14.2%, 16th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | Compare Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc |
| 18 | Slidell Memorial Hospital | 4.4%, 2nd percentile | 11.3%, 68th percentile | 10.3%, 64th percentile | 15.5%, 45th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | 11.7%, 49th percentile | 16.0%, 7th percentile | Compare Slidell Memorial Hospital |
| 19 | Willis Knighton Medical Center | 4.7%, 2nd percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.1%, 48th percentile | 17.0%, 24th percentile | 9.6%, 22nd percentile | 15.7%, 9th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | Compare Willis Knighton Medical Center |
| 20 | Glenwood Regional Medical Center | 5.6%, 0th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 10.5%, 60th percentile | 15.4%, 46th percentile | 7.5%, 78th percentile | 13.1%, 27th percentile | 15.9%, 9th percentile | Compare Glenwood Regional Medical Center |
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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.