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Hospitals in Louisiana with the highest patient survey star rating

59 Louisiana hospitals ranked by patient survey star 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 patient survey star rating; 102 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterOverall 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 average3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T36North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · Acute care3214.0%13.4%16.8%1.10159 min1.15330Compare
T36Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care32—12.3%15.8%1.11247 min1.16295Compare
T36Ochsner St MaryMorgan City, LA · Acute care32—9.9%15.4%0.9589 min1.1686Compare
T36Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)Shreveport, LA · Veterans Affairs3212.3%9.0%15.0%2.25——434Compare
T36Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care3211.3%10.3%16.0%1.33203 min0.98313Compare
T36University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · Acute care3212.8%12.5%15.5%1.30327 min1.02446Compare
T36Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer, LA · Acute care31—11.8%16.6%—84 min1.0247Compare
T58Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · Acute care2212.9%13.1%14.7%1.03135 min1.3265Compare
T58Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · Acute care2211.8%10.1%16.1%1.08137 min1.07346Compare

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.

Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality 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).