Updated October 2026

Acute care hospitals in Louisiana

Hospital directory
Louisiana
Acute care

Acute care hospitals: 82
Staffed beds: 11,193
Teaching hospitals: 28
Outpatient sites: 409
Affiliated HCPs: 18,276

There are 82 acute care hospitals in Louisiana, across 49 cities. Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans in New Orleans is the largest, with 946 staffed beds, followed by Willis Knighton North with 724. Ochsner Health System runs the most Louisiana acute care hospitals, 14.

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Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans is the largest acute care hospital in Louisiana, with 946 beds

Ranked by staffed beds in each hospital's latest CMS cost report. Willis Knighton North in Shreveport is second with 724 beds, and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge is third with 647.

Largest acute care hospitals in Louisiana by staffed beds
#	Hospital	Health system	Staffed beds	HCPs
1	Ochsner Medical Center - New OrleansNew Orleans	Ochsner Health System	946	3,613
2	Willis Knighton NorthShreveport	Willis Knighton Health System	724	1,164
3	Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical CenterBaton Rouge	Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady	647	1,671
4	East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie	LCMC Health	526	1,237
5	Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette	Ochsner Health System	471	1,218
6	Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical CenterLafayette	Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady	396	726
7	Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria	HCA Healthcare	375	509
8	University Medical Center New OrleansNew Orleans	LCMC Health	354	961
9	St. Francis Medical CenterMonroe	Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady	342	706
10	Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell	Slidell Memorial Hospital	321	835

Top 10 of 82 Louisiana acute care hospitals

Sources: Hospital Provider Cost Report (CMS) and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

There are 82 acute care hospitals in Louisiana, across 49 cities

A hospital that treats patients for a short stay after a sudden illness, injury or surgery, usually with an emergency department. Louisiana has 82, A to Z below. Open a profile for beds, affiliated HCPs, the org hierarchy and the leadership team.

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Louisiana acute care hospitals, A to Z
Hospital	Health system	Beds	HCPs	Contacts
Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville	Vermilion Parish Police Jury	44	264	Contacts
Acadian Medical CenterEunice	Allegiance Health Management	49	125	Contacts
Alexandria Emergency HospitalAlexandria	Nutex Health	10	23	Contacts
Allen Parish HospitalKinder	Allen Parish Community Healthcare	25	89	Contacts
AVALA HospitalCovington	Avala Hospital	21	122	Contacts
Avoyelles HospitalMarksville	Allegiance Health Management	39	177	Contacts
Baton Rouge General - BluebonnetBaton Rouge	Baton Rouge General Medical Center	263	731	Contacts
Baton Rouge General - Mid CityBaton Rouge	Baton Rouge General Medical Center	169	48	Contacts
Beauregard Health SystemDeridder	Beauregard Parish Police Jury	49	297	Contacts
Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville	Allegiance Health Management	39	146	Contacts
Caldwell Memorial HospitalColumbia	University of North Carolina Health Care System	26	42	Contacts
CHRISTUS Central Louisiana Surgical HospitalAlexandria	CHRISTUS Health	24	154	Contacts
CHRISTUS Highland Medical CenterShreveport	CHRISTUS Health	199	709	Contacts
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles	CHRISTUS Health	88	217	Contacts
CHRISTUS Ochsner St. Patrick HospitalLake Charles	CHRISTUS Health	100	380	Contacts
CHRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria	CHRISTUS Health	266	804	Contacts
Citizens Medical CenterColumbia	Citizens Medical Center	40	54	Contacts
Claiborne Memorial Medical CenterHomer	Claiborne Parish	37	72	Contacts
Cypress Pointe Surgical HospitalHammond	Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital	30	70	Contacts
DeSoto Regional Health SystemMansfield	DeSoto Regional Health System	34	110	Contacts
East Carroll Parish HospitalLake Providence	East Carroll Parish Hospital	23	47	Contacts
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie	LCMC Health	526	1,237	Contacts
Franklin Medical CenterWinnsboro	Visit Franklin Parish	31	168	Contacts
Glenwood Regional Medical CenterWest Monroe	Healthcare Systems of America	212	291	Contacts
Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia	Iberia Parish Fire District #1	133	370	Contacts
Lafayette Surgical Specialty HospitalLafayette	Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital	20	98	Contacts
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles	Lake Charles Memorial Health System	253	618	Contacts
Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary	Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady	109	304	Contacts
LaSalle General HospitalJena	Hospital Service District No. 2 of LaSalle Parish	30	109	Contacts
Leonard J. Chabert Medical CenterHouma	Ochsner Health System	42	228	Contacts
Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte	Allegiance Health Management	27	132	Contacts
Minden Medical CenterMinden	Allegiance Health	129	214	Contacts
Monroe Surgical HospitalMonroe	Louisiana Blue	10	218	Contacts
Morehouse General HospitalBastrop	Morehouse General Hospital	39	132	Contacts
Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches	Natchitoches Regional Medical Center	81	197	Contacts
New Orleans East HospitalNew Orleans	LCMC Health	40	138	Contacts
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond	North Oaks Health	272	601	Contacts
Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston	Allegiance Health Management	122	193	Contacts
Oakdale Community HospitalOakdale	Allegiance Health Management	37	89	Contacts
Ochsner Acadia General HospitalCrowley	Ochsner Health System	85	276	Contacts
Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings	Ochsner Health System	49	246	Contacts
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette	Ochsner Health System	471	1,218	Contacts
Ochsner LSU Health - Academic Medical CenterShreveport	Ochsner Health System	243	745	Contacts
Ochsner LSU Health - Monroe Medical CenterMonroe	Ochsner Health System	87	289	Contacts
Ochsner LSU Health - St. Mary Medical CenterShreveport	Ochsner Health System	109	358	Contacts
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge	Ochsner Health System	155	953	Contacts
Ochsner Medical Center - KennerKenner	Ochsner Health System	117	766	Contacts
Ochsner Medical Center - New OrleansNew Orleans	Ochsner Health System	946	3,613	Contacts
Ochsner St. Mary HospitalMorgan City	Ochsner Health System	60	168	Contacts
Ochsner University Hospital & ClinicsLafayette	Ochsner Health System	52	324	Contacts

Showing 1 to 50 of 82 acute care hospitals in Louisiana

Sources: Provider of Services File (CMS) and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

Ochsner Health System runs the most Louisiana acute care hospitals, with 14

Dmand AI maps every hospital to its parent organization, up to the health system. 7 health systems and parent organizations run two or more Louisiana acute care hospitals. HCPs are counted at each hospital, so a clinician at two hospitals counts twice.

Health systems with the most Louisiana acute care hospitals
#	Health system	Louisiana acute care	Staffed beds	HCPs
1	Ochsner Health SystemHealth system	14	2,483	9,801
2	Allegiance Health ManagementManagement company	8	406	1,025
3	Franciscan Missionaries of Our LadyCatholic health ministry	7	1,600	3,811
4	LCMC HealthHealth system	5	1,320	3,562
5	CHRISTUS HealthHealth system	5	677	2,264
6	Baton Rouge General Medical CenterHealth system	2	432	779
7	Terrebonne General Health SystemHealth system	2	181	428

7 systems with two or more Louisiana acute care hospitals

Ochsner Health SystemHealth system · 14 Louisiana acute care hospitals
Ochsner Medical Center - New OrleansAcute care hospital · New Orleans
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterAcute care hospital · Lafayette
Ochsner LSU Health - Academic Medical CenterAcute care hospital · Shreveport
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeAcute care hospital · Baton Rouge
10 more acute care hospitals and 160 outpatient sites

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Source: Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data

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29 of the 82 Louisiana acute care hospitals are nonprofit, according to CMS

29 are for-profit and 24 are run by a government. 28 are teaching hospitals, 66 have an emergency department and 13 are trauma centers.

Nonprofit29

Government24

For-profit29

Teaching hospitals28

Emergency departments66

Trauma centers13

Sources: Provider of Services File (CMS) and Hospital Provider Cost Report (CMS)

Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans has the most affiliated doctors of any Louisiana acute care hospital, with 2,130

Across all 82 Louisiana acute care hospitals, 18,276 HCPs have a current affiliation, 10,044 of them physicians. Each clinician is counted once. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is second with 959 affiliated physicians.

HCPs at Louisiana acute care hospitals by type

Physicians (MD, DO)10,04455%
Nurses and nurse practitioners5,16728%
Physician assistants1,3177%
Behavioral health clinicians5163%
Other HCPs1,2327%

Largest physician specialties at Louisiana acute care hospitals

Internal medicine1,343
Family medicine1,261
Emergency medicine763
Diagnostic radiology483
Anesthesiology440
Obstetrics and gynecology439
Hospitalist352
Surgery291

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Baton Rouge has the most acute care hospitals in Louisiana, with 7

7acute care hospitals in Baton Rouge 5acute care hospitals in Lafayette 5acute care hospitals in New Orleans 5acute care hospitals in Shreveport 4acute care hospitals in Alexandria 3acute care hospitals in Houma

More Louisiana cities with two or more acute care hospitals

49 Louisiana cities have at least one acute care hospital. City pages list every hospital type.

Source: Provider of Services File (CMS)

Each Louisiana acute care hospital profile shows beds, the org hierarchy, HCPs and leaders

Beds, discharges and revenueStaffed beds, inpatient discharges and net patient revenue from CMS cost reportsOn every profile
Health system and sister hospitalsThe parent system and a sample of its other hospitalsOn every profile
Affiliated HCPsA count by specialty and a sample of the physicians who practice thereOn every profile
Size ranksRank by beds, discharges and revenue in the state and the USOn every profile
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Sources: Hospital Provider Cost Report (CMS), Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Sources for the Louisiana acute care hospital directory

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this page	Source
Hospitals, types and services	Provider of Services File (CMS)
Beds, discharges and revenue	Hospital Provider Cost Report (CMS)
Health systems and outpatient sites	Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Affiliated HCPs	Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Executives and department leaders	Dmand AI Executive Data

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The directory counts hospitals with a CMS certification number (CCN) that CMS classifies as acute care hospitals. Beds come from each hospital's latest cost report.

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How many acute care hospitals are in Louisiana?

There are 82 acute care hospitals in Louisiana, in 49 cities, with 11,193 staffed beds between them.

What is an acute care hospital?

A hospital that treats patients for a short stay after a sudden illness, injury or surgery, usually with an emergency department. CMS calls them short-term acute care hospitals; critical access, psychiatric, rehabilitation and long-term care hospitals are separate types.

What is the largest acute care hospital in Louisiana?

Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans in New Orleans, with 946 staffed beds in its latest CMS cost report. Willis Knighton North is second with 724, and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is third with 647.

Which health system has the most acute care hospitals in Louisiana?

Ochsner Health System, with 14 acute care hospitals, followed by Allegiance Health Management with 8 and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady with 7.

How many Louisiana acute care hospitals are nonprofit?

29 of 82, according to CMS ownership records. 29 are for-profit and 24 are government hospitals.

How do I find a hospital's CCN or NPI?

Each Louisiana hospital profile lists its CMS certification number (CCN) and NPI at the top, next to the address and main phone number.

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