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Hospitals in Louisiana with the highest patients would recommend

59 Louisiana hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Citizens Medical Center, Avala, Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical Hospital. 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 would recommend; 102 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher 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 average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Citizens Medical CenterColumbia, LA · Acute care9735—10.8%15.6%0.99124 min0.9640Compare
T2AvalaCovington, LA · Acute care95—5——14.0%0.91—0.9621Compare
T2Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care95—4——14.4%0.92—0.9037Compare
T4Womans HospitalBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care9344——14.8%0.95147 min1.06184Compare
T4Ochsner St Anne General HospitalRaceland, LA · Critical access93—5—11.9%14.5%—120 min—35Compare
T4Ochsner St Martin HospitalBreaux Bridge, LA · Critical access93—5——14.6%—99 min—25Compare
T4The Spine Hospital Of LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care93—4——16.4%0.85—0.9923Compare
T8Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care923412.4%11.4%15.0%0.83140 min1.04344Compare
T8Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · Acute care923414.8%13.3%14.3%0.90171 min1.04194Compare
T8Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care92—4——14.6%0.96130 min0.9688Compare
T11Our Lady Of The Angels HospitalBogalusa, LA · Acute care9144—10.5%15.6%0.96135 min1.2266Compare
T11St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · Acute care914413.5%11.5%15.8%0.74161 min1.01281Compare
T11Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder, LA · Acute care913411.5%11.6%14.3%0.96180 min1.2347Compare
T11Ochsner LSU Health MonroeMonroe, LA · Acute care9134—11.3%15.2%0.93152 min1.12247Compare
T11Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care SystemNew Orleans, LA · Veterans Affairs913410.6%7.0%16.1%0.77——591Compare
T11Cypress Pointe Surgical HospitalHammond, LA · Acute care91—4——14.5%0.94—0.9630Compare
T11Specialists Hospital ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care91—4——14.6%0.85—1.0215Compare
T11St Charles Parish HospitalLuling, LA · Acute care91—5——15.2%0.99114 min0.8249Compare
T19FMOL Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · Acute care903412.1%11.9%14.6%0.99226 min1.08328Compare
T19Ochsner University Hospital And ClinicsLafayette, LA · Acute care9034—10.9%16.1%1.07143 min1.03116Compare
T19Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · Acute care903411.7%11.5%15.4%1.00147 min0.96341Compare
T19East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · Acute care902412.3%10.9%15.3%1.09157 min1.06665Compare
T19University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · Acute care902312.8%12.5%15.5%1.30327 min1.02446Compare
T24Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care8934—9.8%14.8%1.56126 min0.91156Compare
T24Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · Acute care893313.2%11.8%15.7%1.34166 min1.02526Compare
T24Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · Acute care892412.4%10.5%15.9%1.04158 min1.08227Compare
T24Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical CentShreveport, LA · Acute care8924———0.99——93Compare
T24Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer, LA · Acute care8913—11.8%16.6%—84 min1.0247Compare
T29Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · Acute care884312.1%10.6%16.2%1.15174 min0.99959Compare
T29Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · Acute care884411.1%13.6%15.8%0.69133 min1.04321Compare
T29Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville, LA · Acute care8835—12.6%14.3%0.93117 min1.0260Compare
T29Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care883312.6%12.0%15.5%0.92210 min0.98384Compare
T29Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care883313.5%12.4%15.5%0.85168 min1.02964Compare
T29West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · Acute care883312.5%16.2%15.0%0.95147 min1.10318Compare
T29Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · Acute care883311.7%11.1%15.3%0.96177 min1.17926Compare
T29Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings, LA · Acute care8824—13.4%15.3%1.06104 min1.0949Compare
T37Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches, LA · Acute care8744—10.4%15.4%1.03158 min1.1196Compare
T37West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · Acute care874411.7%11.7%14.6%1.04123 min1.03110Compare
T37Acadian Medical CenterEunice, LA · Acute care8733—10.8%15.1%1.15116 min1.1649Compare
T37Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · Acute care873311.5%13.0%15.8%1.00165 min1.06242Compare
T37Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care873311.9%10.4%15.2%1.41210 min1.02407Compare
T37Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA · Acute care873411.6%14.2%15.3%0.98184 min1.10166Compare
T37Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care8723—12.3%15.8%1.11247 min1.16295Compare
T37Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · Acute care872411.8%16.1%15.3%0.96122 min1.03171Compare
T45Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care864312.5%12.6%14.6%0.97197 min0.99160Compare
T45Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · Acute care864310.8%10.4%15.3%0.90147 min0.94110Compare
T45St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA · Acute care8644—11.0%15.0%—180 min0.8140Compare
T45Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · Acute care8634—11.5%15.4%0.87109 min1.0985Compare
T45Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care863311.9%9.9%16.4%1.04215 min1.06293Compare
T45Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)Shreveport, LA · Veterans Affairs862312.3%9.0%15.0%2.25——434Compare

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 would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, 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).