Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Louisiana with the lowest pneumonia death rate
71 Louisiana hospitals ranked by pneumonia death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 15.2% | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 51 | West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital | 17.1%, 23rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.7%, 54th percentile | 11.7%, 35th percentile | 14.6%, 74th percentile | 1.04, 28th percentile | 123 min, 71st percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 110 | Compare West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital |
| T52 | Citizens Medical Center | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 10.8%, 54th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 124 min, 71st percentile | 0.96, 66th percentile | 40 | Compare Citizens Medical Center |
| T52 | Lane Regional Medical Center | 17.2%, 21st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.6%, 58th percentile | 14.2%, 7th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 184 min, 27th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 166 | Compare Lane Regional Medical Center |
| T52 | Union General Hospital | 17.2%, 21st percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 89 min, 95th percentile | — | 20 | Compare Union General Hospital |
| T55 | Abbeville General Hospital | 17.4%, 19th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 12.6%, 20th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 117 min, 77th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 60 | Compare Abbeville General Hospital |
| T55 | East Carroll Parish Hospital | 17.4%, 19th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.9%, 54th percentile | — | 89 min, 95th percentile | 0.93, 80th percentile | 23 | Compare East Carroll Parish Hospital |
| 57 | Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi | 17.6%, 17th percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 160 min, 42nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi |
| T58 | Acadia General Hospital | 17.8%, 15th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.5%, 39th percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.87, 81st percentile | 109 min, 83rd percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 85 | Compare Acadia General Hospital |
| T58 | Morehouse General Hospital | 17.8%, 15th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | — | — | 11.3%, 44th percentile | 14.7%, 68th percentile | — | 122 min, 72nd percentile | 1.16, 3rd percentile | 49 | Compare Morehouse General Hospital |
| 60 | Lasalle General Hospital | 17.9%, 15th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | — | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 137 min, 59th percentile | 1.10, 8th percentile | 46 | Compare Lasalle General Hospital |
| 61 | Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc | 18.0%, 14th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.4%, 29th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | 0.83, 89th percentile | 140 min, 56th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 344 | Compare Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc |
| 62 | Opelousas General Health System | 18.1%, 13th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 11.8%, 49th percentile | 16.1%, 1st percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.96, 51st percentile | 122 min, 72nd percentile | 1.03, 28th percentile | 171 | Compare Opelousas General Health System |
| 63 | Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center | 18.2%, 13th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.5%, 8th percentile | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.85, 85th percentile | 168 min, 37th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 964 | Compare Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center |
| T64 | Desoto Regional Health System | 18.3%, 12th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | — | — | 11.0%, 50th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | — | 109 min, 83rd percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 11 | Compare Desoto Regional Health System |
| T64 | Ochsner St Mary | 18.3%, 12th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | 9.9%, 72nd percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 89 min, 95th percentile | 1.16, 3rd percentile | 86 | Compare Ochsner St Mary |
| 66 | Natchitoches Regional Medical Center | 19.0%, 8th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 10.4%, 62nd percentile | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 1.03, 29th percentile | 158 min, 43rd percentile | 1.11, 7th percentile | 96 | Compare Natchitoches Regional Medical Center |
| 67 | Mercy Regional Medical Center | 19.1%, 8th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | — | — | 12.8%, 18th percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 144 min, 53rd percentile | 1.18, 2nd percentile | 49 | Compare Mercy Regional Medical Center |
| 68 | Winn Parish Medical Center | 20.0%, 4th percentile | — | — | — | — | 14.5%, 79th percentile | — | 100 min, 90th percentile | 1.23, 1st percentile | 46 | Compare Winn Parish Medical Center |
| 69 | Thibodaux Regional Medical Center | 20.3%, 4th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 14.8%, 1st percentile | 13.3%, 12th percentile | 14.3%, 86th percentile | 0.90, 73rd percentile | 171 min, 35th percentile | 1.04, 23rd percentile | 194 | Compare Thibodaux Regional Medical Center |
| 70 | Avoyelles Hospital | 20.4%, 4th percentile | 1, 3rd percentile | — | — | 14.4%, 6th percentile | 15.1%, 40th percentile | 0.97, 46th percentile | 77 min, 98th percentile | 1.22, 1st percentile | 37 | Compare Avoyelles Hospital |
| 71 | Sabine Medical Center | 21.0%, 2nd percentile | — | — | — | — | 15.4%, 23rd percentile | 0.99, 37th percentile | 129 min, 66th percentile | 1.09, 10th percentile | 48 | Compare Sabine 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.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia 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).