Where to Give Birth in Louisiana (2026): Hospitals Compared with CMS Data
Data as of 2026-08-13 (CMS hospital data); 09/30/2025 (patient-experience survey end date). Hospital quality & Birthing-Friendly data: CMS Care Compare, released 2026-08-13. Patient-experience data (HCAHPS): CMS, survey period 10/01/2024–09/30/2025. This page does not update automatically — see “How we built this page” below for the refresh cadence.
Medical disclaimer. This page compares publicly reported federal data. It is not medical advice and is not a recommendation of any hospital, provider, or birth plan. CMS does not currently publish a hospital-level cesarean-delivery rate or severe-maternal-complication rate, so this page cannot show either — no other source on this page fills that gap. Talk to your OB, midwife, or family doctor about which hospital is right for a specific pregnancy, especially a high-risk one, and ask directly about the hospital’s neonatal/NICU level of care.
Louisiana has 58 hospitals that provide labor and delivery care, spread across 46 cities. This page compares them on two things: whether CMS has designated the hospital Birthing-Friendly, and the hospital’s overall CMS star rating. Fifty-one hospitals in Louisiana were excluded from this comparison because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
58
Hospitals providing labor & delivery
40
Birthing-Friendly designated (69.0%)
38
Have a published CMS star rating (65.5%)
20
Not rated by CMS
51 hospitals on Louisiana’s general acute-care/critical-access hospital list were excluded because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor & delivery care.
Every hospital in Louisiana that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christus Coushatta Health Care Center | Coushatta, Red River County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Natchitoches Regional Medical Center | Natchitoches, Natchitoches County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Ochsner Medical Center Acute | New Orleans, Jefferson County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner | Kenner, Jefferson County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Our Lady Of The Angels Hospital | Bogalusa, Washington County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| St Tammany Parish Hospital | Covington, St. Tammany County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| Terrebonne General Medical Center – Parish | Houma, Terrebonne County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital | Sulphur, Calcasieu County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Womans Hospital | Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 83% would definitely recommend |
| Abbeville General Hospital | Abbeville, Vermilion County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Acadian Medical Center | Eunice, St. Landry County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Baton Rouge General Medical Center | Baton Rouge, E. Baton Rouge County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| Beauregard Memorial Hospital | Deridder, Beauregard County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System | Shreveport, Caddo County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital | Alexandria, Rapides County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Fmol Health St Francis | Monroe, Ouachita County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Lake Charles Memorial Hospital | Lake Charles, Calcasieu County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Lane Regional Medical Center | Zachary, E. Baton Rouge County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center | Lafayette, Lafayette County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Ochsner Lsu Health Monroe | Monroe, Ouachita County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 77% would definitely recommend |
| Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc | Lafayette, Lafayette County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 81% would definitely recommend |
| Thibodaux Regional Medical Center | Thibodaux, Lafourche County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 81% would definitely recommend |
| Touro Infirmary | New Orleans, Orleans County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| West Jefferson Medical Center | Marrero, Jefferson County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Willis Knighton Medical Center | Shreveport, Caddo County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Byrd Regional Hospital | Leesville, Vernon County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| East Jefferson General Hospital | Metairie, Jefferson County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| Iberia Medical Center | New Iberia, Iberia County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Minden Medical Center | Minden, Webster County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Morehouse General Hospital | Bastrop, Morehouse County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | Not reported · 51% would definitely recommend |
| North Oaks Medical Center | Hammond, Tangipahoa County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Northern Louisiana Medical Center | Ruston, Lincoln County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 46% would definitely recommend |
| Ochsner American Legion Hospital | Jennings, Jeffrson Davis County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical Cent | Shreveport, Caddo County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Opelousas General Health System | Opelousas, St. Landry County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Rapides Regional Medical Center | Alexandria, Rapides County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Slidell Memorial Hospital | Slidell, St. Tammany County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Acadia St Landry | Church Point, Acadia County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Alexandria Hospital | Alexandria, Rapides County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Bayou Bend Health System | Franklin, St. Mary County | Not rated | Yes | Yes | Not reported · 73% would definitely recommend |
| Bienville Medical Center | Arcadia, Bienville County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Christus Ochsner Lake Area Hospital | Lake Charles, Calcasieu County | Not rated | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Dequincy Memorial Hospital | Dequincy, Calcasieu County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| East Carroll Parish Hospital | Lake Providence, East Carroll County | Not rated | No | No | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Hood Memorial Hospital | Amite, Tangipahoa County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Jackson Parish Hospital | Jonesboro, Jackson County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Lady Of The Sea General Hospital | Cut Off, Lafourche County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 88% would definitely recommend |
| Madison Parish Hospital | Tallulah, Madison County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| New Orleans East Hospital | New Orleans, Orleans County | Not rated | No | No | Not reported · 78% would definitely recommend |
| North Caddo Medical Center | Vivian, Caddo County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Ochsner St Anne General Hospital | Raceland, Lafourche County | Not rated | Yes | Yes | 5/5 stars · 85% would definitely recommend |
| Omega Hospital, Llc | Metairie, Jefferson County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Prevost Memorial Hospital | Donaldsonville, Ascension County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Riverland Medical Center | Ferriday, Concordia County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Riverside Medical Center | Franklinton, Washington County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Union General Hospital | Farmerville, Union County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 86% would definitely recommend |
| West Feliciana Parish Hospital | Saint Francisville, West Feliciana County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
What CMS does not tell you
CMS has not published a hospital-level cesarean-delivery rate or a severe-maternal-complication rate in its current data release, and that is true nationwide, not specific to Louisiana, so this page cannot show either number for any hospital listed. A state-level NICU or perinatal level-of-care listing is also left off this page because it could not be verified against a current, authoritative source for Louisiana.
How we built this page
This list was built by filtering CMS Hospital Type to Acute Care Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, then excluding any hospital whose CMS Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure (SM_7) is marked “Not Applicable (does not provide inpatient labor/delivery care).”
Sources
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information and Maternal Health – Hospital datasets, data.cms.gov. File released 2026-08-13. Maternal-health measurement period: calendar year 2024.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) patient-experience survey, data.cms.gov. Measurement period 10/01/2024–09/30/2025.
