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Hospitals in Louisiana with the highest patients' overall rating

59 Louisiana hospitals ranked by patients' overall rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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59 hospitals ranked in Louisiana by patients' overall rating; 102 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Patients' overall ratinghigher 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
	National average	88		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
T48	Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care	87, 37th percentile	2, 17th percentile	4, 76th percentile	12.5%, 26th percentile	11.4%, 41st percentile	14.6%, 74th percentile	1.21, 10th percentile	125 min, 70th percentile	0.99, 50th percentile	166	Compare Iberia Medical Center
T48	Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care	87, 37th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	—	12.3%, 25th percentile	15.8%, 11th percentile	1.11, 18th percentile	247 min, 5th percentile	1.16, 3rd percentile	295	Compare Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
T48	Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)Shreveport, LA · Veterans Affairs	87, 37th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.3%, 32nd percentile	9.0%, 86th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	2.25, 0th percentile	—	—	434	Compare Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)
T54	Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care	86, 27th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.9%, 46th percentile	9.9%, 72nd percentile	16.4%, 3rd percentile	1.04, 28th percentile	215 min, 13th percentile	1.06, 16th percentile	293	Compare Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital
T54	Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care	86, 27th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.9%, 46th percentile	10.4%, 62nd percentile	15.2%, 34th percentile	1.41, 4th percentile	210 min, 15th percentile	1.02, 33rd percentile	407	Compare Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
T54	North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · Acute care	86, 27th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	14.0%, 4th percentile	13.4%, 12th percentile	16.8%, 1st percentile	1.10, 19th percentile	159 min, 43rd percentile	1.15, 4th percentile	330	Compare North Oaks Medical Center
T54	Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care	86, 27th percentile	2, 17th percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	10.3%, 64th percentile	16.0%, 7th percentile	1.33, 6th percentile	203 min, 18th percentile	0.98, 55th percentile	313	Compare Slidell Memorial Hospital
58	Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · Acute care	82, 6th percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	11.8%, 49th percentile	10.1%, 68th percentile	16.1%, 6th percentile	1.08, 22nd percentile	137 min, 59th percentile	1.07, 14th percentile	346	Compare Rapides Regional Medical Center
59	Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · Acute care	77, 1st percentile	2, 17th percentile	2, 10th percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	13.1%, 14th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	1.03, 29th percentile	135 min, 61st percentile	1.32, 1st percentile	65	Compare Northern Louisiana 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.

Patients' overall rating: HCAHPS overall hospital rating, linear mean score (0-100).
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).