There is one major source that provides credible ongoing analysis of hospitals: Medicare, which, as the federal health insurance program for people 65 and older, as well as certain younger people with disabilities, often provides funding for many of the big bills. As part of its informational services, medicare.gov reports on evaluations of hospitals based on queries of patients.
The Louisiana Life editorial staff sifts through the data every year in order to create a one-of-a-kind list that demonstrates the state’s hospitals according to locality. To qualify for this list, at least 60 percent of the patients queried had to give the hospital a top overall ranking of 9 or 10. These are the top general service hospitals as seen through the eyes of those who have experienced them firsthand — the patients.
Note, however, that several hospitals in the state did not have any information available on Medicare’s website and therefore could not qualify to be on the list.
ABBEVILLE
Abbeville General Hospital
118 N. Hospital Drive
(337) 893-5466
ALEXANDRIA
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital
651 N. Bolton Ave.
(318) 449-6400
CHRISTUSÂ St. Frances Cabrini Hospital
3330 Masonic Drive
(318) 487-1122
Rapides Regional Medical Center
211 4th St.
(318) 769-3000
AMITE
Hood Memorial Hospital
301 Walnut St.
(985) 748-94865
BASTROP
Morehouse General Hospital
323 W. Walnut
(318) 283-3600
BATON ROUGE
Baton Rouge General Medical Center
3600 Florida Blvd.
(225) 387-7767
Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge
17000 Medical Center Drive
(225) 752-2470
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
5000 Hennessy Blvd.
(225) 765-6565
Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd.
(225) 408-8080
The Spine Hospital of Louisiana
10105 Park Row Circle, Suite 250
(225) 763-9900
Woman’s Hospital
100 Woman’s Way
(225) 927-1300
BOGALUSA
Our Lady of the Angels Hospital
433 Plaza St.
(985) 730-6700
BREAUX BRIDGE
St. Martin Hospital
210 Champagne Blvd.
(337) 332-2178
CHALMETTE
St. Bernard Parish Hospital
8000 W. Judge Perez Drive
(504) 826-9500
COLUMBIA
Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Inc.
411 Main St.
(318) 649-6111
Citizens Medical Center
7939 U.S. Hwy. 165 S.
(318) 649-6106
COVINGTON
Avala Hospital
67252 Industry Lane
(985) 801-3010
St. Tammany Parish Hospital
1202 S. Tyler St.
(985) 898-4000
CROWLEY
Acadia General Hospital
1305 Crowley Rayne Hwy.
(337) 783-3222
CUT OFF
Lady of the Sea General Hospital
200 W. 134th Place
(985) 632-6401
DELHI
Richland Parish Hospital – Delhi
407 Cincinnati St.
318) 878-5171
DERIDDER
Beauregard Memorial Hospital
600 Pine St.
(337) 462-7100
FARMERVILLE
Union General Hospital
901 James Ave.
(318) 368-9751
FORT POLK
Bayne-Jones ACH
1585 3rd St.
(337) 531-3118
FRANKLIN
Franklin Foundation Hospital
1097 Northwest Blvd.
(337) 828-0760
GONZALES
Our Lady of the Lake Ascension
1125 W. Hwy. 30
(225) 647-5000
HAMMOND
Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital
42570 S. Airport Road
(985) 510-6200
North Oaks Medical Center, LLC
15790 Paul Vega MD Drive
(985) 345-2700
HOMER
Claiborne Memorial Medical Center
620 E. College St.
(318) 927-2024
HOUMA
Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center
1978 Industrial Blvd.
(985) 873-2200
Physicians Medical Center
218 Corporate Drive
(985) 853-1390
Terrebonne General Medical Center
8166 Main St.
(985) 873-4141
INDEPENDENCE
Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center
52579 Hwy. 51 S.
(985) 878-9421
JENA
LaSalle General Hospital
187 9th St.
(318) 992-9200
JENNINGS
Jennings American Legion Hospital
1634 Elton Road
(337) 616-7000
JONESBORO
Jackson Parish Hospital
165 Beech Springs Road
(318) 259-4435
KAPLAN
Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital
1310 W. 7th St.
(337) 643-8300
KENNER
Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner
180 W. Esplanade Ave.
(504) 468-4806
KINDER
Allen Parish Hospital
108 6th Ave.
(337) 738-2527
LAFAYETTE
Heart Hospital of Lafayette
1105 Kaliste Saloom Road
(337) 521-1000
Lafayette General Medical Center
1214 Coolidge St.
(337) 289-7991
Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital
1101 Kaliste Saloom Road
(337) 769-4100
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc.
4801 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.
(337) 470-2000
Park Place Surgical Hospital
4811 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.
(337) 237-8119
University Hospital & Clinics
2390 W. Congress St.
(337) 261-6000
Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s & Children’s Hospital
4600 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy.
(337) 521-9100
LAKE CHARLES
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital
4200 Nelson Road
(337) 474-6370
CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital
524 Dr. Michael DeBakey Drive
(337) 436-2511
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
1701 Oak Park Blvd.
(337) 494-3000
LAKE PROVIDENCE
East Carroll Parish Hospital
336 N. Hood St.
(318) 559-4023
LEESVILLE
Byrd Regional Hospital
1020 Fertitta Blvd.
(337) 239-9041
Doctors Hospital at Deer Creek LLC
815 S. 10th St.
(337) 392-5088
LULING
St. Charles Parish Hospital
1057 Paul Maillard Road
(985) 785-3644
LUTCHER
St. James Parish Hospital
1645 Lutcher Ave.
(225) 869-5512
MAMOU
Savoy Medical Center
801 Poinciana Ave.
(337) 468-5261
MANSFIELD
DeSoto Regional Health System
207 Jefferson St.
(318) 872-4610
MANY
Sabine Medical Center
240 Highland Drive
(318) 256-1232
MARKSVILLE
Avoyelles Hospital
4231 Hwy. 1192
(318) 253-8611
MARRERO
West Jefferson Medical Center
1101 Medical Center Blvd.
(504) 347-5511
METAIRIE
East Jefferson General Hospital
4200 Houma Blvd.
(504) 454-4000
MINDEN
Minden Medical Center
No. 1 Medical Plaza
(318) 377-2321
MONROE
Monroe Surgical Hospital
2408 Broadmoor Blvd.
(318) 410-0002
P&S Surgical Hospital
321 Grammont St., Suite 101
(318) 388-4040
St. Francis Medical Center
309 Jackson St. Suite 101
(318) 966-4000
Ochsner LSU – Monroe
4864 Jackson St.
(318) 330-7000
MORGAN CITY
Teche Regional Medical Center
1125 Marguerite St.
(985) 384-2440
NATCHITOCHES
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
501 Keyser Ave.
(318) 471-2628
NEW IBERIA
Iberia Medical Center
2315 E. Main St.
(337) 364-0441
NEW ORLEANS
New Orleans East Hospital
5620 Read Blvd.
(504) 592-6600
Ochsner Medical Center
1516 Jefferson Hwy.
(504) 842-3000
Touro Infirmary
1401 Foucher St.
(504) 897-8247
Tulane Medical Center
1415 Tulane Ave.
(504) 988-5263
University Medical Center New Orleans
2000 Canal St.
(504) 903-3000
NEW ROADS
Pointe Coupee General Hospital
2202 False River Drive
(225) 368-6386
OAK GROVE
West Carroll Memorial Hospital
706 Ross St.
(318) 428-3237
OAKDALE
Oakdale Community Hospital
130 N. Hospital Drive
(318) 335-3700
OPELOUSAS
Opelousas General Health System
539 E. Prudhomme St.
(337) 948-3011
OLLA
Hardtner Medical Center
1102 N. Pine Road
(318) 495-3131
PINEVILLE
Alexandria VA Medical Center
2495 Shreveport Hwy. 71 N.
(318) 473-0010
RACELAND
Ochsner St. Anne General Hospital
4608 Hwy. 1
(985) 537-8377
RAYVILLE
Richardson Medical Center
254 Hwy. 3048
(318) 728-4181
RUSTON
Northern Louisiana Medical Center
401 East Vaughn Ave.
(318) 254-2100
SHREVEPORT
CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier
1453 E. Bert Kouns
(318) 681-5000
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
1541 Kings Hwy.
(318) 675-5000
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (Shreveport)
510 E. Stoner Ave.
(318) 424-6037
Specialists Hospital Shreveport
1500 Line Ave.
(318) 213-3800
Willis Knighton Medical Center
2600 Greenwood Road
(318) 212-4000
SLIDELL
Ochsner Medical Center – North Shore, LLC
100 Medical Center Drive
(985) 646-5000
Slidell Memorial Hospital
1001 Gause Blvd.
(985) 643-2200
Southern Surgical Hospital
1700 Lindberg Drive
(985) 641-0600
Sterling Surgical Hospital
989 Robert Blvd.
(504) 690-8200
SPRINGHILL
Springhill Medical Center
2001 Doctors Drive
(318) 539-1000
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center
602 N. Acadia Road
(985) 447-5500
SULPHUR
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital
701 Cypress St.
(337) 527-7034
VILLE PLATTE
Mercy Regional Medical Center
800 E. Main St.
(337) 363-5684
VIVIAN
North Caddo Medical Center
815 S. Pine St.
(318) 375-3235
WEST MONROE
Glenwood Regional Medical Center
503 McMillan Road
(318) 329-4600
WINSBORO
Franklin Medical Center
2106 Loop Road
(318) 435-9411
WINNFIELD
Winn Parish Medical Center
301 W. Boundary Ave.
(318) 648-3000
ZACHARY
Lane Regional Medical Center
6300 Main St.
(225) 658-4000
