Black Health

Louisiana hospitals

Louisiana hospitals: racial-equity scorecards

110 Medicare-certified Black MMR 69.40/100k

110 Medicare-certified hospitals serve Louisiana, represented by the Louisiana Hospital Association. This page aggregates CMS Hospital Compare measures — overall star rating, mortality / safety / readmission / patient-experience measure-group performance — for each of those facilities.

Louisiana restructured its public-hospital system in 2013, partnering the former Charity system with private operators. UMC New Orleans is the successor to Charity Hospital and runs as an LSU Health teaching affiliate.

The state's recognized safety-net hospital systems — the facilities that carry a disproportionate share of Medicaid and uninsured admissions — include: Interim LSU Public Hospital / University Medical Center New Orleans, and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (Baton Rouge). Each has its own detail page below.

Two editorial notes on scope. First, CMS does not publish a racial-disparity scorecard per-hospital at national scale; what we surface below is the facility's overall CMS rating paired with any race-stratified metric we could find in a primary source (AHRQ Disparities Atlas, a state discharge scorecard, or a published study). Second, we do not rank hospitals as 'worst for Black patients' without a primary-source citation — the legal standard for that claim requires it.

Safety-net systems in Louisiana

  • Interim LSU Public Hospital / University Medical Center New Orleans
  • Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center (Baton Rouge)

All 110 hospitals in Louisiana

Abbeville General Hospital

Abbeville

Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital

Kaplan

Critical Access

Acadia St Landry

Church Point

Critical Access Safety-net

Alexandria Emergency Hospital

Alexandria

Acute Care

Allen Parish Hospital

Kinder

Acute Care Safety-net

Avala

Covington

Acute Care

Avoyelles Hospital

Marksville

Acute Care

Bayou Bend Health System

Franklin

Critical Access Safety-net Birthing-friendly

Bienville Medical Center

Arcadia

Critical Access

Bunkie General Hospital

Bunkie

Critical Access Safety-net

Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Inc

Columbia

Acute Care

Childrens Hospital

New Orleans

Children's

Christus Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital

Alexandria

Acute Care

Christus Ochsner Lake Area Hospital

Lake Charles · Ochsner Health

Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Claiborne Memorial Medical Center

Homer

Acute Care Safety-net

Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital

Hammond

Acute Care

Dequincy Memorial Hospital

Dequincy

Critical Access

Desoto Regional Health System

Mansfield

Acute Care

East Carroll Parish Hospital

Lake Providence

Acute Care Safety-net

Franklin Medical Center

Winnsboro

Acute Care Safety-net

Hardtner Medical Center

Olla

Critical Access Safety-net

Hood Memorial Hospital

Amite

Critical Access Safety-net

Jackson Parish Hospital

Jonesboro

Critical Access Safety-net

Lady Of The Sea General Hospital

Cut Off

Critical Access Safety-net

Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital

Lafayette

Acute Care

Lallie Kemp Medical Center

Independence

Critical Access

Lasalle General Hospital

Jena

Acute Care Safety-net

Madison Parish Hospital

Tallulah

Critical Access Safety-net

Monroe Surgical Hospital

Monroe

Acute Care

Morehouse General Hospital

Bastrop

Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

New Orleans East Hospital

New Orleans

Acute Care Safety-net

North Caddo Medical Center

Vivian

Critical Access Safety-net

Oakdale Community Hospital

Oakdale

Acute Care

Ochsner St Anne General Hospital

Raceland · Ochsner Health

Critical Access Birthing-friendly

Ochsner St Martin Hospital

Breaux Bridge · Ochsner Health

Critical Access

Omega Hospital, Llc

Metairie

Acute Care

Our Lady Of The Angels Hospital

Bogalusa

Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Our Lady Of The Lake Surgical Hospital

Slidell

Acute Care

Park Place Surgical Hospital

Lafayette

Acute Care

Physicians Medical Center

Houma

Acute Care

Pointe Coupee General Hospital

New Roads

Critical Access Safety-net

Prevost Memorial Hospital

Donaldsonville

Critical Access Safety-net

Reeves Memorial Medical Center

Bernice

Critical Access Safety-net

Richardson Medical Center

Rayville

Acute Care Safety-net

Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi

Delhi

Critical Access Safety-net

Riverland Medical Center

Ferriday

Critical Access Safety-net

Riverside Medical Center

Franklinton

Critical Access Safety-net

Sabine Medical Center

Many

Acute Care

Savoy Medical Center

Mamou

Acute Care

Specialists Hospital Shreveport

Shreveport

Acute Care

Springhill Medical Center

Springhill

Acute Care

St Bernard Parish Hospital

Chalmette

Acute Care Safety-net

St Charles Parish Hospital

Luling

Acute Care Safety-net

St Charles Surgical Hospital

New Orleans

Acute Care

Sterling Surgical Hospital

Slidell

Acute Care

St Helena Parish Hospital

Greensburg

Critical Access Safety-net

St James Parish Hospital

Lutcher

Critical Access Safety-net

Surgical Specialty Center Of Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge

Acute Care

The General

Baton Rouge

Acute Care

The Spine Hospital Of Louisiana

Baton Rouge

Acute Care

Union General Hospital

Farmerville

Critical Access

West Carroll Memorial Hospital

Oak Grove

Critical Access

West Feliciana Parish Hospital

Saint Francisville

Critical Access Safety-net

Winn Parish Medical Center

Winnfield

Acute Care

Christus Coushatta Health Care Center

Coushatta

4★
Critical Access

Christus Ochsner St Patrick Hospital

Lake Charles · Ochsner Health

4★
Acute Care

Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System

Shreveport

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Lake Charles Memorial Hospital

Lake Charles

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Lane Regional Medical Center

Zachary

4★
Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

Ochsner Medical Center Acute

New Orleans · Ochsner Health

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

Kenner · Ochsner Health

4★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

St Tammany Parish Hospital

Covington

4★
Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

Terrebonne General Medical Center - Parish

Houma

4★
Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

Sulphur

4★
Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

Acadia General Hospital

Crowley

3★
Acute Care

Baton Rouge General Medical Center

Baton Rouge

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Byrd Regional Hospital

Leesville

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Citizens Medical Center

Columbia

3★
Acute Care Safety-net

Iberia Medical Center

New Iberia

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Leonard J Chabert Medical Center

Houma

3★
Acute Care

Mercy Regional Medical Center

Ville Platte

3★
Acute Care

Minden Medical Center

Minden

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Natchitoches Regional Medical Center

Natchitoches

3★
Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

Northern Louisiana Medical Center

Ruston

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center

Lafayette · Ochsner Health

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Ochsner Lsu Health Monroe

Monroe · Ochsner Health

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical Cent

Shreveport · Ochsner Health

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge · Ochsner Health

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Opelousas General Health System

Opelousas

3★
Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center

Baton Rouge

3★
Acute Care

St Francis Medical Center

Monroe

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Thibodaux Regional Medical Center

Thibodaux

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Touro Infirmary

New Orleans

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

West Jefferson Medical Center

Marrero · Jefferson Health

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Willis Knighton Medical Center

Shreveport

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Womans Hospital

Baton Rouge

3★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Acadian Medical Center

Eunice

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Beauregard Memorial Hospital

Deridder

2★
Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital

Alexandria

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

East Jefferson General Hospital

Metairie · Jefferson Health

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Glenwood Regional Medical Center

West Monroe

2★
Acute Care

North Oaks Medical Center

Hammond

2★
Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

Ochsner American Legion Hospital

Jennings · Ochsner Health

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport

Shreveport · Ochsner Health

2★
Acute Care

Ochsner St Mary

Morgan City · Ochsner Health

2★
Acute Care

Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc

Lafayette

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Rapides Regional Medical Center

Alexandria

2★
Acute Care Birthing-friendly

Slidell Memorial Hospital

Slidell

2★
Acute Care Safety-net Birthing-friendly

University Medical Center New Orleans

New Orleans

2★
Acute Care Teaching

Ochsner University Hospital And Clinics

Lafayette · Ochsner Health

1★
Acute Care Safety-net Teaching

Data sources

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