Best Hospitals

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

CHRISTUS  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

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