West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital in Sulphur, LA

West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital is an acute care hospital in Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. It reports its ownership to Medicare as public (hospital district or authority). It provides emergency services. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 4 out of 5. It has 107 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Christus Ochsner Lake Area Hospital, about 7.9 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.

• Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.00
• Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 1.66

64% 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 recommend71%
• Rated the hospital 9 or 1075%
• Completed surveys208

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

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