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Womans Hospital

100 Woman's Way, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 · (225) 927-1300

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Womans Hospital is a non-profit general hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (E. Baton Rouge Parish), with 228 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 4 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 83% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $2.23 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Louisiana hospital ($4.50).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (330 surveys)
$2.23listed for every $1 its care costs Louisiana typical $4.50
2 h 27 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
228beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 330 surveys

83%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
83%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

2 h 27 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
0%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
79%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: medium.

Infections and complications lower is better
Central-line bloodstream infections
1.32
≈ Same as US
Catheter urinary tract infections
0.80
≈ Same as US
MRSA blood infections
1.58
≈ Same as US
C. diff intestinal infections
0.05
✓ Better than US
Serious complications (CMS safety index)
0.95
≈ 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

$45what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$122.9Mnet income, all sources
1.1%margin on patient care alone
$8.1Mcost of charity care (2.2% of costs)
$3.4Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
2,118full-time staff (equivalent)

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

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