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Hospitals in Louisiana with the lowest COPD death rate

40 Louisiana hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, Acadia General Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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40 hospitals ranked in Louisiana by copd death rate; 121 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower 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 average8.6%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · Acute care6.9%3313.2%11.8%15.7%1.34166 min1.02526Compare
T1Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care SystemNew Orleans, LA · Veterans Affairs6.9%3410.6%7.0%16.1%0.77——591Compare
T3Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · Acute care7.2%34—11.5%15.4%0.87109 min1.0985Compare
T3Acadian Medical CenterEunice, LA · Acute care7.2%33—10.8%15.1%1.15116 min1.1649Compare
T5Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · Acute care7.4%23—13.3%17.4%0.93121 min1.2649Compare
T5Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · Acute care7.4%2411.8%16.1%15.3%0.96122 min1.03171Compare
T7Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · Acute care7.5%4411.1%13.6%15.8%0.69133 min1.04321Compare
T7Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · Acute care7.5%2412.4%10.5%15.9%1.04158 min1.08227Compare
T7Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care7.5%2311.3%10.3%16.0%1.33203 min0.98313Compare
10Riverland Medical CenterFerriday, LA · Critical access7.7%———13.1%15.7%———25Compare
T11Minden Medical CenterMinden, LA · Acute care8.0%23—13.3%15.5%0.92121 min1.1492Compare
T11Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care8.0%23—12.3%15.8%1.11247 min1.16295Compare
T11Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)Shreveport, LA · Veterans Affairs8.0%2312.3%9.0%15.0%2.25——434Compare
T14West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · Acute care8.2%4411.7%11.7%14.6%1.04123 min1.03110Compare
T14Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care8.2%3312.6%12.0%15.5%0.92210 min0.98384Compare
16Our Lady Of The Angels HospitalBogalusa, LA · Acute care8.4%44—10.5%15.6%0.96135 min1.2266Compare
17Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care8.5%3311.9%9.9%16.4%1.04215 min1.06293Compare
T18Citizens Medical CenterColumbia, LA · Acute care8.6%35—10.8%15.6%0.99124 min0.9640Compare
T18Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer, LA · Acute care8.6%13—11.8%16.6%—84 min1.0247Compare
T20Christus Coushatta Health Care CenterCoushatta, LA · Critical access8.8%4——11.9%15.6%———25Compare
T20Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care8.8%3311.9%10.4%15.2%1.41210 min1.02407Compare
T22East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · Acute care8.9%2412.3%10.9%15.3%1.09157 min1.06665Compare
T22Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings, LA · Acute care8.9%24—13.4%15.3%1.06104 min1.0949Compare
T24Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte, LA · Acute care9.1%3——12.8%15.3%0.95144 min1.1849Compare
T24North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · Acute care9.1%2314.0%13.4%16.8%1.10159 min1.15330Compare
26Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · Acute care9.2%3311.5%13.0%15.8%1.00165 min1.06242Compare
T27St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · Acute care9.6%4413.5%11.5%15.8%0.74161 min1.01281Compare
T27Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care9.6%3412.4%11.4%15.0%0.83140 min1.04344Compare
T27Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · Acute care9.6%3311.7%11.1%15.3%0.96177 min1.17926Compare
30Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · Acute care9.7%2211.8%10.1%16.1%1.08137 min1.07346Compare
T31Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · Acute care10.1%4312.1%10.6%16.2%1.15174 min0.99959Compare
T31Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · Acute care10.1%2212.9%13.1%14.7%1.03135 min1.3265Compare
T31Ochsner St MaryMorgan City, LA · Acute care10.1%23—9.9%15.4%0.9589 min1.1686Compare
34Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care10.2%3312.1%12.4%15.1%0.89142 min1.05230Compare
35Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · Acute care10.7%3414.8%13.3%14.3%0.90171 min1.04194Compare
T36Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care10.8%4312.5%12.6%14.6%0.97197 min0.99160Compare
T36Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care10.8%3313.5%12.4%15.5%0.85168 min1.02964Compare
T36West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · Acute care10.8%3312.5%16.2%15.0%0.95147 min1.10318Compare
39FMOL Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · Acute care11.0%3412.1%11.9%14.6%0.99226 min1.08328Compare
40Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care11.2%2412.5%11.4%14.6%1.21125 min0.99166Compare

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.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
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).