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St James Parish Hospital

1645 Lutcher Avenue, Lutcher, LA 70071 · (225) 869-5512

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

St James Parish Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Lutcher, Louisiana (St. James Parish), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room. It lists $1.89 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Louisiana hospital ($4.50).

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
$1.89listed for every $1 its care costs Louisiana typical $4.50
1 h 40 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

79%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
82%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

    Emergency room and urgent care

    1 h 40 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
    1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
    89%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

    ER volume: low.

    Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
    Pneumonia
    16.5%
    Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
    Pneumonia
    17.6%

    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

    $53what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
    $1.7Mnet income, all sources
    −15.1%margin on patient care alone
    $21,962cost of charity care (0.1% of costs)
    $1.8Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
    196full-time staff (equivalent)

    From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending March 2025.

    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

    under 1 mile awayBeacon Behavioral Hospital, LLCLutcher, LANot rated11 miles awayRiver Place Behavioral HealthLaplace, LANot rated18 miles awaySt James Behavioral Health Hospital, IncGonzales, LANot rated18 miles awayPrevost Memorial HospitalDonaldsonville, LANot rated$0.95 listed per $1 of cost20 miles awayThibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux, LA★★★★★$6.71 listed per $1 of cost

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