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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. 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
51Monroe Surgical HospitalMonroe, LA · Acute care1.01————15.2%—1.1810Compare
T52Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches, LA · Acute care1.0344—10.4%15.4%158 min1.1196Compare
T52Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · Acute care1.032212.9%13.1%14.7%135 min1.3265Compare
T54West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · Acute care1.044411.7%11.7%14.6%123 min1.03110Compare
T54Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care1.043311.9%9.9%16.4%215 min1.06293Compare
T54Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · Acute care1.042412.4%10.5%15.9%158 min1.08227Compare
T57Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings, LA · Acute care1.0624—13.4%15.3%104 min1.0949Compare
T57Richardson Medical CenterRayville, LA · Acute care1.06————15.1%65 min1.1138Compare
59Ochsner University Hospital And ClinicsLafayette, LA · Acute care1.0734—10.9%16.1%143 min1.03116Compare
60Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · Acute care1.082211.8%10.1%16.1%137 min1.07346Compare
61East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · Acute care1.092412.3%10.9%15.3%157 min1.06665Compare
62North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · Acute care1.102314.0%13.4%16.8%159 min1.15330Compare
63Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care1.1123—12.3%15.8%247 min1.16295Compare
T64Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · Acute care1.154312.1%10.6%16.2%174 min0.99959Compare
T64Acadian Medical CenterEunice, LA · Acute care1.1533—10.8%15.1%116 min1.1649Compare
66Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care1.212412.5%11.4%14.6%125 min0.99166Compare
67University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · Acute care1.302312.8%12.5%15.5%327 min1.02446Compare
68Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care1.332311.3%10.3%16.0%203 min0.98313Compare
69Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · Acute care1.343313.2%11.8%15.7%166 min1.02526Compare
70Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care1.413311.9%10.4%15.2%210 min1.02407Compare
71Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care1.5634—9.8%14.8%126 min0.91156Compare
72Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)Shreveport, LA · Veterans Affairs2.252312.3%9.0%15.0%——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.

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).