Birthing-friendly hospitals in Louisiana

Birthing-friendly hospitals › Louisiana

Louisiana has 41 birthing-friendly hospitals. 40 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 27 min.

The birthing-friendly designation marks hospitals that have attested to taking part in a maternity care quality improvement programme and to implementing recommended patient safety practices. It reflects participation in those programmes rather than a measured birth outcome, so treat it as one signal among several when choosing where to give birth.

Hospital	City	ER wait	CMS rating
Abbeville General Hospital	Abbeville	1 hr 57 min	3/5
CHRISTUS St Frances Cabrini Hospital	Alexandria	3 hr 35 min	3/5
Rapides Regional Medical Center	Alexandria	2 hr 17 min	2/5
Morehouse General Hospital	Bastrop	2 hr 2 min	2/5
Baton Rouge General Medical Center	Baton Rouge	3 hr 30 min	3/5
Ochsner Medical Center-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	3 hr 17 min	4/5
Woman's Hospital	Baton Rouge	2 hr 27 min	4/5
Our Lady of the Angels Hospital	Bogalusa	2 hr 15 min	4/5
St Tammany Parish Hospital	Covington	2 hr 41 min	4/5
Beauregard Memorial Hospital	Deridder	3 hr	3/5
Acadian Medical Center	Eunice	1 hr 56 min	3/5
Bayou Bend Health System	Franklin	1 hr 42 min	—
North Oaks Medical Center	Hammond	2 hr 39 min	2/5
North Oaks Medical Center	Hammond	2 hr 39 min	2/5
Terrebonne General Medical Center	Houma	2 hr 13 min	4/5
Jennings American Legion Hospital	Jennings	1 hr 44 min	2/5
Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner LLC	Kenner	2 hr 27 min	4/5
Lafayette General Medical Center	Lafayette	2 hr 46 min	3/5
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, INC	Lafayette	2 hr 20 min	3/5
CHRISTUS Ochsner Lake Area Hospital	Lake Charles	2 hr 10 min	—
Lake Charles Memorial Hospital	Lake Charles	3 hr 30 min	3/5
Byrd Regional Hospital	Leesville	2 hr 1 min	2/5
West Jefferson Medical Center	Marrero	2 hr 27 min	3/5
Minden Medical Center	Minden	2 hr 1 min	2/5
Ochsner LSU Health Monroe	Monroe	2 hr 32 min	3/5
St Francis Medical Center	Monroe	3 hr 46 min	3/5
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center	Natchitoches	2 hr 38 min	4/5
Iberia General Hospital and Medical Center	New Iberia	2 hr 5 min	2/5
Ochsner Foundation Hospital	New Orleans	2 hr 54 min	4/5
Touro Infirmary	New Orleans	2 hr 27 min	3/5
Tulane Medical Center	New Orleans	2 hr 37 min	2/5
Opelousas General Health System	Opelousas	2 hr 2 min	2/5
Ochsner St Anne General Hospital	Raceland	2 hr	—
Northern Louisiana Medical Center	Ruston	2 hr 15 min	2/5
CHRISTUS Schumpert Health System	Shreveport	2 hr 45 min	3/5
Willis Knighton Medical Center	Shreveport	2 hr 57 min	3/5
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical Cent	Shreveport	no ER	2/5
Slidell Memorial Hospital	Slidell	3 hr 23 min	2/5
West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital	Sulphur	2 hr 3 min	4/5
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center	Thibodaux	2 hr 51 min	3/5
Lane Regional Medical Center	Zachary	3 hr 4 min	3/5

Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Louisiana, or Birthing-friendly hospitals in other states. How this data works.