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Hospitals in Louisiana with the lowest serious complications

72 Louisiana hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish, St Tammany Parish Hospital, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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72 hospitals ranked in Louisiana by serious complications; 89 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalSerious complicationslower 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 dataTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%162 min1.00
1Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma, LA · Acute care0.694411.1%13.6%15.8%133 min1.04321Compare
2St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington, LA · Acute care0.744413.5%11.5%15.8%161 min1.01281Compare
3Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care SystemNew Orleans, LA · Veterans Affairs0.773410.6%7.0%16.1%——591Compare
4Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette, LA · Acute care0.833412.4%11.4%15.0%140 min1.04344Compare
T5Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.853313.5%12.4%15.5%168 min1.02964Compare
T5Specialists Hospital ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care0.85—4——14.6%—1.0215Compare
T5The Spine Hospital Of LouisianaBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.85—4——16.4%—0.9923Compare
8Acadia General HospitalCrowley, LA · Acute care0.8734—11.5%15.4%109 min1.0985Compare
9Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care0.893312.1%12.4%15.1%142 min1.05230Compare
T10Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner, LA · Acute care0.904310.8%10.4%15.3%147 min0.94110Compare
T10Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA · Acute care0.903414.8%13.3%14.3%171 min1.04194Compare
12AvalaCovington, LA · Acute care0.91—5——14.0%—0.9621Compare
T13Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.923312.6%12.0%15.5%210 min0.98384Compare
T13Minden Medical CenterMinden, LA · Acute care0.9223—13.3%15.5%121 min1.1492Compare
T13Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care0.92—4——14.4%—0.9037Compare
T16Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville, LA · Acute care0.9335—12.6%14.3%117 min1.0260Compare
T16Ochsner LSU Health MonroeMonroe, LA · Acute care0.9334—11.3%15.2%152 min1.12247Compare
T16Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · Acute care0.9323—13.3%17.4%121 min1.2649Compare
T16Christus Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care0.93————14.8%—1.1324Compare
T16Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette, LA · Acute care0.93————14.6%—1.0220Compare
T21Oakdale Community HospitalOakdale, LA · Acute care0.943——11.6%14.4%117 min1.0449Compare
T21Cypress Pointe Surgical HospitalHammond, LA · Acute care0.94—4——14.5%—0.9630Compare
T23Womans HospitalBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.9544——14.8%147 min1.06184Compare
T23Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte, LA · Acute care0.953——12.8%15.3%144 min1.1849Compare
T23West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero, LA · Acute care0.953312.5%16.2%15.0%147 min1.10318Compare
T23Ochsner St MaryMorgan City, LA · Acute care0.9523—9.9%15.4%89 min1.1686Compare
T23St Charles Surgical HospitalNew Orleans, LA · Acute care0.95————14.9%—1.0239Compare
T23Sterling Surgical HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care0.95————15.3%—0.9012Compare
T29Our Lady Of The Angels HospitalBogalusa, LA · Acute care0.9644—10.5%15.6%135 min1.2266Compare
T29Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder, LA · Acute care0.963411.5%11.6%14.3%180 min1.2347Compare
T29Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport, LA · Acute care0.963311.7%11.1%15.3%177 min1.17926Compare
T29Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas, LA · Acute care0.962411.8%16.1%15.3%122 min1.03171Compare
T29Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care0.96—4——14.6%130 min0.9688Compare
T34Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.974312.5%12.6%14.6%197 min0.99160Compare
T34Avoyelles HospitalMarksville, LA · Acute care0.971——14.4%15.1%77 min1.2237Compare
T36Savoy Medical CenterMamou, LA · Acute care0.984———15.1%108 min1.2560Compare
T36Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary, LA · Acute care0.983411.6%14.2%15.3%184 min1.10166Compare
T36Alexandria VA Medical CenterPineville, LA · Veterans Affairs0.98———10.6%14.1%——470Compare
T36Franklin Medical CenterWinnsboro, LA · Acute care0.98————15.3%145 min1.1837Compare
T36New Orleans East HospitalNew Orleans, LA · Acute care0.98————14.9%140 min1.0550Compare
T36Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, LA · Acute care0.98————14.5%—0.8816Compare
T42Citizens Medical CenterColumbia, LA · Acute care0.9935—10.8%15.6%124 min0.9640Compare
T42FMOL Health St FrancisMonroe, LA · Acute care0.993412.1%11.9%14.6%226 min1.08328Compare
T42Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical CentShreveport, LA · Acute care0.9924—————93Compare
T42Park Place Surgical HospitalLafayette, LA · Acute care0.99————14.6%—0.8810Compare
T42Sabine Medical CenterMany, LA · Acute care0.99————15.4%129 min1.0948Compare
T42St Charles Parish HospitalLuling, LA · Acute care0.99—5——15.2%114 min0.8249Compare
T48Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport, LA · Acute care1.003311.5%13.0%15.8%165 min1.06242Compare
T48Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans, LA · Acute care1.003411.7%11.5%15.4%147 min0.96341Compare
T48Physicians Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care1.00———————30Compare

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.

Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
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.
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).