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Hospitals in Louisiana with the lowest stroke death rate

35 Louisiana hospitals ranked by stroke death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: New Orleans East Hospital, FMOL Health St Francis, Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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35 hospitals ranked in Louisiana by stroke death rate; 126 more match but have no reported value.

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National average11.9%11.9%11.1%15.2%8.6%2.4%15.0%
1New Orleans East HospitalNew Orleans, LA · Acute care9.5%—————14.9%Compare
2FMOL Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · Acute care9.8%12.1%11.9%14.4%11.0%2.7%14.6%Compare
T3Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · Acute care11.0%10.8%10.4%14.6%——15.3%Compare
T3St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · Acute care11.0%13.5%11.5%15.6%9.6%2.5%15.8%Compare
5Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care11.1%—12.3%14.2%8.0%—15.8%Compare
T6Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · Acute care11.3%12.1%10.6%12.2%10.1%2.5%16.2%Compare
T6Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · Acute care11.3%11.5%13.0%15.0%9.2%2.2%15.8%Compare
8Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · Acute care11.6%11.8%10.1%14.8%9.7%2.6%16.1%Compare
9Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care11.7%11.3%10.3%15.5%7.5%4.4%16.0%Compare
T10West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · Acute care11.9%12.5%16.2%16.4%10.8%—15.0%Compare
T10Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · Acute care11.9%12.9%13.1%16.5%10.1%—14.7%Compare
12St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA · Acute care12.0%—11.0%15.4%——15.0%Compare
13Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · Acute care12.3%11.7%11.5%12.5%—2.4%15.4%Compare
14Minden Medical CenterMinden, LA · Acute care12.4%—13.3%16.9%8.0%—15.5%Compare
T15Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care12.6%12.5%12.6%13.6%10.8%—14.6%Compare
T15Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care12.6%12.6%12.0%16.7%8.2%2.0%15.5%Compare
17Ochsner LSU Health MonroeMonroe, LA · Acute care12.9%—11.3%———15.2%Compare
18Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · Acute care13.1%12.4%10.5%15.4%7.5%5.6%15.9%Compare
T19Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · Acute care13.2%11.1%13.6%15.8%7.5%3.2%15.8%Compare
T19Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · Acute care13.2%13.2%11.8%13.6%6.9%2.9%15.7%Compare
T19University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · Acute care13.2%12.8%12.5%13.5%——15.5%Compare
T22Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care13.8%12.1%12.4%15.3%10.2%2.7%15.1%Compare
T22Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care13.8%11.9%10.4%14.4%8.8%2.8%15.2%Compare
24North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · Acute care13.9%14.0%13.4%16.4%9.1%2.5%16.8%Compare
25Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA · Acute care14.1%11.6%14.2%17.2%——15.3%Compare
T26West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · Acute care14.2%11.7%11.7%17.1%8.2%—14.6%Compare
T26Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care14.2%12.4%11.4%18.0%9.6%3.3%15.0%Compare
28Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care14.4%13.5%12.4%18.2%10.8%2.0%15.5%Compare
29East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · Acute care14.5%12.3%10.9%16.8%8.9%2.3%15.3%Compare
30Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care14.9%11.9%9.9%15.2%8.5%3.1%16.4%Compare
31Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · Acute care15.7%11.7%11.1%17.0%9.6%4.7%15.3%Compare
32Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · Acute care16.6%14.8%13.3%20.3%10.7%3.1%14.3%Compare
33Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte, LA · Acute care16.7%—12.8%19.1%9.1%—15.3%Compare
34Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care17.2%12.5%11.4%14.4%11.2%—14.6%Compare
35Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · Acute care22.5%11.8%16.1%18.1%7.4%—15.3%Compare

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.

Stroke death rate
30-day death rate for stroke 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.
CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.