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Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

1635 Marvel Street, Coushatta, LA 71019 · (318) 932-2000

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Christus Coushatta Health Care Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Coushatta, Louisiana (Red River Parish), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 4 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. It lists $3.22 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Louisiana hospital ($4.50).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
$3.22listed for every $1 its care costs Louisiana typical $4.50
25beds

Quality and patient experience

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart failure
11.9%
Pneumonia
14.9%
COPD
8.8%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
22.0%
Pneumonia
16.8%
Infections and complications lower is better
C. diff intestinal infections
0.00
≈ Same as US

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

$31what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$4.7Mnet income, all sources
14.4%margin on patient care alone
$1.5Mcost of charity care (5.2% of costs)
$1.3Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
108full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".

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.

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