Prevost Memorial HospitalDonaldsonville, LA
Prevost Memorial Hospital is a public critical access hospital in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, with an emergency department.
- Time ZoneCST
- CountyAscension
- Emergency CapableYes
- FIPS22005
- Area Code225
Visiting Prevost Memorial Hospital
- Photo ID and your insurance, Medicare or Medicaid card
- A list of your medicines, doses and allergies
- Your doctor's name and phone number
- A phone charger
Quality and performance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · data as of July 2026
CMS has not reported an emergency department wait time for Prevost Memorial Hospital. That usually means too few cases to report, or no emergency department.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information and Timely & Effective Care. Wait times are a median over a past 12-month reporting period, not live data. Not affiliated with CMS or with Prevost Memorial Hospital. For a medical emergency, call 911.
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Timely and effective care
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · all patients unless noted · Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Prevost Memorial Hospital's emergency department is classed by CMS as low volume.
| Measure | This hospital | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Patients who left the ER before being seenLower is better. 5,590 patients. | 1% | 2% |
CMS publishes these process-of-care measures without a better/worse verdict, so the U.S. figure is shown for context; small differences, or results based on few patients, may not mean much. About the data.
Doctors at Prevost Memorial Hospital
10 Medicare-enrolled doctors and other clinicians list this hospital as an affiliation, across 5 specialties.
See all 10 cliniciansSize and finances
Medicare cost report · fiscal year ending Aug 2025
As reported by the hospital to CMS; not audited. Operating margin is income from patient care divided by net patient revenue and leaves out investment income and donations. Compare Louisiana hospital finances.
Who owns Prevost Memorial Hospital
Medicare enrollment and ownership records (PECOS)
Medicare lists the hospital's legal name as West Ascension Parish Hospital Service District, a non-profit organization, incorporated 1968.
18 doctors and other clinicians list Prevost Memorial Hospital as a hospital affiliation in Medicare's clinician directory.
Organizations with 5% or more ownership (directly or through other companies), partnership interests or operational control, as the hospital reported them to Medicare. Records can lag behind recent sales. Individuals are not listed. Who owns America's hospitals.
The area around Prevost Memorial Hospital
HRSA shortage designations and BLS pay data
Primary care: Parts of Ascension are federally designated health professional shortage areas (1 designation). Highest shortage score 12.
Mental health: Ascension is a federally designated health professional shortage area. Highest shortage score 17.
Dental: Parts of Ascension are federally designated health professional shortage areas (2 designations). Highest shortage score 22.
Nurse pay: registered nurses in Louisiana earn a median $80,230 a year. Healthcare salaries in Louisiana.
Shortage areas are designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration where there are too few primary care, mental health or dental providers for the population; scores run from 0 to 25 for primary and mental health care and 0 to 26 for dental care, higher meaning greater need. Louisiana shortage areas
Find doctors in Donaldsonville
Medicare-enrolled specialists with a practice in Donaldsonville, with addresses, phone numbers and the hospitals they work with.
Care after a stay at Prevost Memorial Hospital
Medicare-certified providers near this hospital, with their CMS ratings. A hospital discharge planner can make the referral.
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