Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette, LA

Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level II trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 3 out of 5. It has 461 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. CMS also lists an inpatient rehabilitation unit inside the hospital. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Sage Specialty and Rehabilitation Center of Lafaye, about 1.6 mi away.

How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.

Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.

• MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 1.04
• Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)Better than national · SIR 0.35
• Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.25
• Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)Better than national · SIR 0.12
• Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyNo different · SIR 2.40
• Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 1.45

58% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.

SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.

• Patient survey star rating
• Would definitely recommend75%
• Rated the hospital 9 or 1073%
• Completed surveys822

Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.

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  Long-term care hospital

  1.6 mi
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  Acute care hospital

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  Rehabilitation hospital

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  Rehabilitation hospital

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  Long-term care hospital

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  312 Youngsville Highway, Lafayette, LA
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