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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. 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
T51Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care853312.1%12.4%15.1%0.89142 min1.05230Compare
T51Minden Medical CenterMinden, LA · Acute care8523—13.3%15.5%0.92121 min1.1492Compare
T51Ochsner St MaryMorgan City, LA · Acute care8523—9.9%15.4%0.9589 min1.1686Compare
T51Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care852311.3%10.3%16.0%1.33203 min0.98313Compare
T55Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · Acute care8423—13.3%17.4%0.93121 min1.2649Compare
T55Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care842412.5%11.4%14.6%1.21125 min0.99166Compare
T55North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · Acute care842314.0%13.4%16.8%1.10159 min1.15330Compare
58Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · Acute care802211.8%10.1%16.1%1.08137 min1.07346Compare
59Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · Acute care732212.9%13.1%14.7%1.03135 min1.3265Compare

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).