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Hospitals in Louisiana with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

95 Louisiana hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Avala, Alexandria VA Medical Center, Jackson Parish Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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95 hospitals ranked in Louisiana by hospital-wide readmission rate; 66 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average15.0%3.311.9%11.1%1.00162 min1.00
1AvalaCovington, LA · Acute care14.0%—5——0.91—0.9621Compare
T2Alexandria VA Medical CenterPineville, LA · Veterans Affairs14.1%———10.6%0.98——470Compare
T2Jackson Parish HospitalJonesboro, LA · Critical access14.1%—————135 min—25Compare
T4Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville, LA · Acute care14.3%35—12.6%0.93117 min1.0260Compare
T4Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder, LA · Acute care14.3%3411.5%11.6%0.96180 min1.2347Compare
T4Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · Acute care14.3%3414.8%13.3%0.90171 min1.04194Compare
T4Desoto Regional Health SystemMansfield, LA · Acute care14.3%2——11.0%—109 min1.0211Compare
T8Oakdale Community HospitalOakdale, LA · Acute care14.4%3——11.6%0.94117 min1.0449Compare
T8Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care14.4%—4——0.92—0.9037Compare
T10Cypress Pointe Surgical HospitalHammond, LA · Acute care14.5%—4——0.94—0.9630Compare
T10Ochsner St Anne General HospitalRaceland, LA · Critical access14.5%—5—11.9%—120 min—35Compare
T10Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care14.5%————0.98—0.8816Compare
T10Winn Parish Medical CenterWinnfield, LA · Acute care14.5%—————100 min1.2346Compare
T14Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care14.6%4312.5%12.6%0.97197 min0.99160Compare
T14West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · Acute care14.6%4411.7%11.7%1.04123 min1.03110Compare
T14FMOL Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · Acute care14.6%3412.1%11.9%0.99226 min1.08328Compare
T14Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care14.6%2412.5%11.4%1.21125 min0.99166Compare
T14Allen Parish HospitalKinder, LA · Acute care14.6%—————105 min1.0349Compare
T14Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care14.6%—4——0.96130 min0.9688Compare
T14Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette, LA · Acute care14.6%————0.93—1.0220Compare
T14Ochsner St Martin HospitalBreaux Bridge, LA · Critical access14.6%—5———99 min—25Compare
T14Park Place Surgical HospitalLafayette, LA · Acute care14.6%————0.99—0.8810Compare
T14Specialists Hospital ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care14.6%—4——0.85—1.0215Compare
T24Morehouse General HospitalBastrop, LA · Acute care14.7%2——11.3%—122 min1.1649Compare
T24Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · Acute care14.7%2212.9%13.1%1.03135 min1.3265Compare
T24Riverside Medical CenterFranklinton, LA · Critical access14.7%—————126 min—25Compare
T27Springhill Medical CenterSpringhill, LA · Acute care14.8%4——11.3%—99 min0.9848Compare
T27Womans HospitalBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care14.8%44——0.95147 min1.06184Compare
T27Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care14.8%34—9.8%1.56126 min0.91156Compare
T27Bayou Bend Health SystemFranklin, LA · Critical access14.8%—————102 min—22Compare
T27Christus Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care14.8%————0.93—1.1324Compare
T27West Carroll Memorial HospitalOak Grove, LA · Critical access14.8%—————145 min—25Compare
T33Abrom Kaplan Memorial HospitalKaplan, LA · Critical access14.9%—————90 min—35Compare
T33East Carroll Parish HospitalLake Providence, LA · Acute care14.9%—————89 min0.9323Compare
T33New Orleans East HospitalNew Orleans, LA · Acute care14.9%————0.98140 min1.0550Compare
T33North Caddo Medical CenterVivian, LA · Critical access14.9%—————124 min—25Compare
T33Reeves Memorial Medical CenterBernice, LA · Critical access14.9%—————115 min—15Compare
T33St Charles Surgical HospitalNew Orleans, LA · Acute care14.9%————0.95—1.0239Compare
T39St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette, LA · Acute care15.0%44—11.0%—180 min0.8140Compare
T39Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care15.0%3412.4%11.4%0.83140 min1.04344Compare
T39West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · Acute care15.0%3312.5%16.2%0.95147 min1.10318Compare
T39Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)Shreveport, LA · Veterans Affairs15.0%2312.3%9.0%2.25——434Compare
T39The GeneralBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care15.0%—————180 min1.01230Compare
T44Savoy Medical CenterMamou, LA · Acute care15.1%4———0.98108 min1.2560Compare
T44Acadian Medical CenterEunice, LA · Acute care15.1%33—10.8%1.15116 min1.1649Compare
T44Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care15.1%3312.1%12.4%0.89142 min1.05230Compare
T44Avoyelles HospitalMarksville, LA · Acute care15.1%1——14.4%0.9777 min1.2237Compare
T44Lasalle General HospitalJena, LA · Acute care15.1%1————137 min1.1046Compare
T44Richardson Medical CenterRayville, LA · Acute care15.1%————1.0665 min1.1138Compare
T50Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care15.2%3311.9%10.4%1.41210 min1.02407Compare

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.

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.
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.
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).