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Best hospitals in Louisiana

None of the 57 Louisiana hospitals rated by CMS holds five stars at the moment; 13 hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 161 Louisiana hospitalsBest hospitals by stateLouisiana ranks 22nd of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

0five-star hospitals
13four-star hospitals
57hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 161 in the state
71%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
2 h 24 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Womans HospitalBaton Rouge · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend83%Typical ER visit2 h 27 minListed per $1 of cost$2.232St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit2 h 41 minListed per $1 of cost$4.943Our Lady of the Angels HospitalBogalusa · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend76%Typical ER visit2 h 15 minListed per $1 of cost$2.564West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend71%Typical ER visit2 h 3 minListed per $1 of cost$2.665St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend71%Typical ER visit3 h 0 minListed per $1 of cost$3.566Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend70%Typical ER visit2 h 13 minListed per $1 of cost$4.187Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend67%Typical ER visit2 h 38 minListed per $1 of cost$3.768Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend72%Typical ER visit2 h 54 minListed per $1 of cost$5.319Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend68%Typical ER visit3 h 17 minListed per $1 of cost$3.8610Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend67%Typical ER visit2 h 27 minListed per $1 of cost$4.11
How Louisiana's 57 rated hospitals score
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134 stars
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Every rated hospital in Louisiana

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Womans HospitalBaton Rouge★★★★★★★★★★83%2 h 27 min$2.23
2St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 41 min$4.94
3Our Lady of the Angels HospitalBogalusa★★★★★★★★★★76%2 h 15 min$2.56
4West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 3 min$2.66
5St Bernard Parish HospitalChalmette★★★★★★★★★★71%3 h 0 min$3.56
6Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 13 min$4.18
7Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 38 min$3.76
8Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 54 min$5.31
9Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 17 min$3.86
10Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 27 min$4.11
11Savoy Medical CenterMamou★★★★★–84%1 h 48 min$3.90
12Springhill Medical CenterSpringhill★★★★★–70%1 h 39 min$1.76
13Christus Coushatta Health Care CenterCoushatta★★★★★–––$3.22
14Citizens Medical CenterColumbia★★★★★★★★★★90%2 h 4 min$1.88
15Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville★★★★★★★★★★68%1 h 57 min$3.22
16Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, IncLafayette★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 20 min$5.02
17Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux★★★★★★★★★★81%2 h 51 min$6.71
18Ochsner Lsu Health MonroeMonroe★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 32 min$4.35
19Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 46 min$5.06
20Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 0 min$4.49
21Ochsner University Hospital and ClinicsLafayette★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 23 min$3.02
22Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 27 min$6.76
23Leonard J Chabert Medical CenterHouma★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 6 min$2.29
24Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 4 min$4.51
25Acadia General HospitalCrowley★★★★★★★★★★69%1 h 49 min$4.90
26Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 46 min$5.66
27Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 30 min$3.86
28Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge★★★★★★★★★★73%2 h 48 min$4.45
29Willis Knighton Medical CenterShreveport★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 57 min$4.78
30West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 27 min$6.11
31Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 45 min$6.60
32Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 30 min$4.57
33Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 35 min$7.14
34Acadian Medical CenterEunice★★★★★★★★★★68%1 h 56 min$5.82
35Christus Ochsner St Patrick HospitalLake Charles★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 22 min$5.37
36Oakdale Community HospitalOakdale★★★★★–77%1 h 57 min$3.30
37Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte★★★★★–75%2 h 24 min$5.14
38Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 38 min$5.52
39Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical CentShreveport★★★★★★★★★★75%–$4.20
40East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 37 min$8.29
41Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings★★★★★★★★★★72%1 h 44 min$2.52
42Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 2 min$4.42
43Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia★★★★★★★★★★62%2 h 5 min$4.43
44University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans★★★★★★★★★★75%5 h 27 min$4.65
45Ochsner Lsu Health ShreveportShreveport★★★★★★★★★★69%4 h 7 min$4.03
46Ochsner St MaryMorgan City★★★★★★★★★★66%1 h 29 min$6.91
47Minden Medical CenterMinden★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 1 min$6.13
48Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell★★★★★★★★★★64%3 h 23 min$6.01
49North Oaks Medical CenterHammond★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 39 min$9.42
50Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 1 min$7.88
51Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria★★★★★★★★★★60%2 h 17 min$13.80
52Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston★★★★★★★★★★46%2 h 15 min$6.90
53Desoto Regional Health SystemMansfield★★★★★–71%1 h 49 min$2.76
54Morehouse General HospitalBastrop★★★★★–51%2 h 2 min$2.68
55Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer★★★★★★★★★★68%1 h 24 min$2.23
56Avoyelles HospitalMarksville★★★★★–67%1 h 17 min$4.00
57Lasalle General HospitalJena★★★★★––2 h 17 min$2.12
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.