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Hospitals in Louisiana with the lowest heart failure death rate

58 Louisiana hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport), Leonard J Chabert Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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58 hospitals ranked in Louisiana by heart failure death rate; 103 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHeart failure death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack 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 average11.1%3.311.9%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care SystemNew Orleans, LA · Veterans Affairs7.0%3410.6%16.1%0.77——591Compare
2Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)Shreveport, LA · Veterans Affairs9.0%2312.3%15.0%2.25——434Compare
3Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care9.8%34—14.8%1.56126 min0.91156Compare
T4Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care9.9%3311.9%16.4%1.04215 min1.06293Compare
T4Ochsner St MaryMorgan City, LA · Acute care9.9%23—15.4%0.9589 min1.1686Compare
6Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · Acute care10.1%2211.8%16.1%1.08137 min1.07346Compare
7Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care10.3%2311.3%16.0%1.33203 min0.98313Compare
T8Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches, LA · Acute care10.4%44—15.4%1.03158 min1.1196Compare
T8Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · Acute care10.4%4310.8%15.3%0.90147 min0.94110Compare
T8Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care10.4%3311.9%15.2%1.41210 min1.02407Compare
T11Our Lady Of The Angels HospitalBogalusa, LA · Acute care10.5%44—15.6%0.96135 min1.2266Compare
T11Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · Acute care10.5%2412.4%15.9%1.04158 min1.08227Compare
T13Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · Acute care10.6%4312.1%16.2%1.15174 min0.99959Compare
T13Alexandria VA Medical CenterPineville, LA · Veterans Affairs10.6%———14.1%0.98——470Compare
T15Acadian Medical CenterEunice, LA · Acute care10.8%33—15.1%1.15116 min1.1649Compare
T15Citizens Medical CenterColumbia, LA · Acute care10.8%35—15.6%0.99124 min0.9640Compare
T17Ochsner University Hospital And ClinicsLafayette, LA · Acute care10.9%34—16.1%1.07143 min1.03116Compare
T17East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · Acute care10.9%2412.3%15.3%1.09157 min1.06665Compare
T19St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA · Acute care11.0%44—15.0%—180 min0.8140Compare
T19Desoto Regional Health SystemMansfield, LA · Acute care11.0%2——14.3%—109 min1.0211Compare
21Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · Acute care11.1%3311.7%15.3%0.96177 min1.17926Compare
T22Springhill Medical CenterSpringhill, LA · Acute care11.3%4——14.8%—99 min0.9848Compare
T22Ochsner LSU Health MonroeMonroe, LA · Acute care11.3%34—15.2%0.93152 min1.12247Compare
T22Morehouse General HospitalBastrop, LA · Acute care11.3%2——14.7%—122 min1.1649Compare
T25Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care11.4%3412.4%15.0%0.83140 min1.04344Compare
T25Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care11.4%2412.5%14.6%1.21125 min0.99166Compare
T27St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · Acute care11.5%4413.5%15.8%0.74161 min1.01281Compare
T27Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · Acute care11.5%34—15.4%0.87109 min1.0985Compare
T27Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · Acute care11.5%3411.7%15.4%1.00147 min0.96341Compare
T30Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder, LA · Acute care11.6%3411.5%14.3%0.96180 min1.2347Compare
T30Oakdale Community HospitalOakdale, LA · Acute care11.6%3——14.4%0.94117 min1.0449Compare
32West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · Acute care11.7%4411.7%14.6%1.04123 min1.03110Compare
T33Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · Acute care11.8%3313.2%15.7%1.34166 min1.02526Compare
T33Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer, LA · Acute care11.8%13—16.6%—84 min1.0247Compare
T35Christus Coushatta Health Care CenterCoushatta, LA · Critical access11.9%4——15.6%———25Compare
T35FMOL Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · Acute care11.9%3412.1%14.6%0.99226 min1.08328Compare
T35Ochsner St Anne General HospitalRaceland, LA · Critical access11.9%—5—14.5%—120 min—35Compare
38Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care12.0%3312.6%15.5%0.92210 min0.98384Compare
39Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care12.3%23—15.8%1.11247 min1.16295Compare
T40Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care12.4%3312.1%15.1%0.89142 min1.05230Compare
T40Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care12.4%3313.5%15.5%0.85168 min1.02964Compare
42University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · Acute care12.5%2312.8%15.5%1.30327 min1.02446Compare
T43Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care12.6%4312.5%14.6%0.97197 min0.99160Compare
T43Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville, LA · Acute care12.6%35—14.3%0.93117 min1.0260Compare
45Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte, LA · Acute care12.8%3——15.3%0.95144 min1.1849Compare
46Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · Acute care13.0%3311.5%15.8%1.00165 min1.06242Compare
T47Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · Acute care13.1%2212.9%14.7%1.03135 min1.3265Compare
T47Riverland Medical CenterFerriday, LA · Critical access13.1%———15.7%———25Compare
T49Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · Acute care13.3%3414.8%14.3%0.90171 min1.04194Compare
T49Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · Acute care13.3%23—17.4%0.93121 min1.2649Compare

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.

Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure 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.
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).