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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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#	Hospital	Serious complicationslower is better	Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better	Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better	Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better	Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better	MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better	C. diff infectionslower is better	Compare
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51	Monroe Surgical HospitalMonroe, LA · Acute care	1.01, 33rd percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Monroe Surgical Hospital
T52	Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches, LA · Acute care	1.03, 29th percentile	—	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.46, 28th percentile	Compare Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
T52	Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston, LA · Acute care	1.03, 29th percentile	—	0.93, 14th percentile	—	—	—	0.72, 12th percentile	Compare Northern Louisiana Medical Center
T54	West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur, LA · Acute care	1.04, 28th percentile	—	—	1.66, 11th percentile	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
T54	Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria, LA · Acute care	1.04, 28th percentile	0.58, 41st percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	0.50, 65th percentile	0.92, 44th percentile	1.19, 14th percentile	0.07, 77th percentile	Compare Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital
T54	Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe, LA · Acute care	1.04, 28th percentile	1.89, 3rd percentile	0.95, 13th percentile	0.00, 91st percentile	—	1.42, 9th percentile	0.06, 78th percentile	Compare Glenwood Regional Medical Center
T57	Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings, LA · Acute care	1.06, 25th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.23, 57th percentile	Compare Ochsner American Legion Hospital
T57	Richardson Medical CenterRayville, LA · Acute care	1.06, 25th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Richardson Medical Center
59	Ochsner University Hospital And ClinicsLafayette, LA · Acute care	1.07, 23rd percentile	0.66, 35th percentile	—	—	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Ochsner University Hospital And Clinics
60	Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria, LA · Acute care	1.08, 22nd percentile	1.36, 7th percentile	0.66, 27th percentile	0.76, 46th percentile	4.36, 0th percentile	0.66, 45th percentile	0.20, 62nd percentile	Compare Rapides Regional Medical Center
61	East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie, LA · Acute care	1.09, 20th percentile	0.46, 52nd percentile	0.59, 32nd percentile	0.36, 72nd percentile	0.00, 89th percentile	0.53, 56th percentile	0.44, 30th percentile	Compare East Jefferson General Hospital
62	North Oaks Medical CenterHammond, LA · Acute care	1.10, 19th percentile	0.16, 76th percentile	0.58, 33rd percentile	0.51, 63rd percentile	—	0.68, 43rd percentile	0.45, 29th percentile	Compare North Oaks Medical Center
63	Ochsner LSU Health ShreveportShreveport, LA · Acute care	1.11, 18th percentile	0.91, 20th percentile	0.67, 27th percentile	2.02, 5th percentile	—	1.44, 8th percentile	0.12, 72nd percentile	Compare Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
T64	Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans, LA · Acute care	1.15, 14th percentile	0.30, 66th percentile	0.21, 67th percentile	1.11, 27th percentile	3.74, 2nd percentile	0.74, 38th percentile	0.18, 65th percentile	Compare Ochsner Medical Center Acute
T64	Acadian Medical CenterEunice, LA · Acute care	1.15, 14th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	0.93, 7th percentile	Compare Acadian Medical Center
66	Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA · Acute care	1.21, 10th percentile	0.00, 90th percentile	0.00, 88th percentile	—	—	—	0.20, 62nd percentile	Compare Iberia Medical Center
67	University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · Acute care	1.30, 6th percentile	1.42, 7th percentile	0.80, 19th percentile	0.87, 39th percentile	3.01, 5th percentile	0.91, 26th percentile	0.24, 55th percentile	Compare University Medical Center New Orleans
68	Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell, LA · Acute care	1.33, 6th percentile	0.85, 23rd percentile	0.93, 14th percentile	0.69, 51st percentile	—	1.64, 6th percentile	0.07, 78th percentile	Compare Slidell Memorial Hospital
69	Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette, LA · Acute care	1.34, 5th percentile	0.12, 78th percentile	0.35, 55th percentile	1.45, 15th percentile	2.40, 9th percentile	1.04, 19th percentile	0.25, 54th percentile	Compare Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
70	Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · Acute care	1.41, 4th percentile	0.25, 70th percentile	0.20, 67th percentile	0.71, 50th percentile	—	0.83, 32nd percentile	0.46, 27th percentile	Compare Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
71	Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma, LA · Acute care	1.56, 2nd percentile	—	—	0.00, 91st percentile	—	—	0.00, 90th percentile	Compare Leonard J Chabert Medical Center
72	Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)Shreveport, LA · Veterans Affairs	2.25, 0th percentile	1.41, 7th percentile	1.90, 2nd percentile	—	—	—	—	Compare Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)

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).
Central line bloodstream infections: Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (colon): Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
Surgical site infections (hysterectomy): Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
MRSA bloodstream infections: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
C. diff infections: Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).