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Bayou Bend Health System

1097 Northwest Blvd, Franklin, LA 70538 · (337) 828-0760

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room

Bayou Bend Health System is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Franklin, Louisiana (St. Mary Parish), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.56 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Louisiana hospital ($4.50).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.56listed for every $1 its care costs Louisiana typical $4.50
1 h 42 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

73%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
78%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 42 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
    59%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

    ER volume: low.

    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Pneumonia
    17.5%

    US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

    Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

    The money

    $64what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $2.1Mnet income, all sources
    −107.5%margin on patient care alone
    $34,949cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)
    $1.7Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    185full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024.

    Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

    This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

    Nearby hospitals

    20 miles awayIberia Medical CenterNew Iberia, LA★★★★★$4.43 listed per $1 of cost20 miles awayOchsner St MaryMorgan City, LA★★★★★$6.91 listed per $1 of cost31 miles awayAssumption Community HospitalNapoleonville, LANot rated$1.32 listed per $1 of cost36 miles awayOceans Hospital of BroussardBroussard, LANot rated37 miles awayAbbeville General HospitalAbbeville, LA★★★★★$3.22 listed per $1 of cost

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