2390 West Congress, Lafayette, LA, 70506 · (337) 261-6000
Beds
52
FY 2025
Star rating
3 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$157.0M
FY 2025
Net income
-$8.5M
Patient care margin -42.4%
Discharges
2,570
Occupancy 64.3%
Clinicians
246
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $157.0M | $223.5M | -42.4% | -$8.5M | 2,570 | $15.1M | 14.9% | 2.7% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 10.9% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.6% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 15.5% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.2% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.3% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.5% |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $165.9M | $216.9M | -30.7% | $1.5M | 2,697 | $11.2M | 15.7% | 2.9% |
| 2023 | $158.9M | $212.0M | -33.4% | -$3.2M | 2,250 | $7.3M | 19.6% | 2.4% |
| 2022 | $153.5M | $193.9M | -26.3% | -$9.5M | 2,266 | $7.6M | 25.1% | 3.2% |
| 2021 | $155.0M | $188.8M | -21.8% | -$14.5M | 2,270 | $11.5M | 26.7% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | $155.7M | $178.8M | -14.8% | -$12.3M | 2,025 | $12.3M | 23.5% | 6.4% |
| US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.07 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.00 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.66 | US median 0.48 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 84% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 84% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 68% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 79% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 82% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 75% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 2% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 143 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 16% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 65% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 85% | US median 79% |
| 23 |
| $19,177.00 |
| $10,080.96 |
| $6,629.69 |
| DRG 812 RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 14 | $14,798.21 | $11,870.64 | $7,177.67 |
| DRG 280 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC | 14 | $75,213.50 | $20,206.71 | $12,400.10 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $22,638.92 | $9,014.31 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 638 DIABETES WITH CC | 13 | $28,579.77 | $10,508.54 | $6,926.41 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 11 | $39,260.00 | $14,450.09 | $9,867.73 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 52 | 45 | $441.26 | $502.15 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 51 | 49 | $1,813.09 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 44 | 44 | $1,896.37 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 41 | 33 | $1,498.21 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 40 | 37 | $1,066.99 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 16 | 16 | $2,111.43 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 15 | 15 | $1,882.25 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5153 Level 3 Airway Endoscopy | 13 | - | $1,124.30 | $1,264.08 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 11 | 11 | $1,332.10 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5232 Level 2 ICD and Similar Procedures | - | - | - | $29,374.70 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | - | - | - | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5313 Level 3 Lower GI Procedures | - | - | - | $2,176.09 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Lafayette, LA with 52 beds, part of Ochsner Health and a 3-star overall rating.
Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics in Lafayette, LA has 52 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 116 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 2,570 inpatients that year, with 64.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-06-30), Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics reported net patient revenue of $157.0M and operating expenses of $223.5M, a margin on patient care of -42.4%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$8.5M (-4.0% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics is part of Ochsner Health, a health system with 24 hospitals based in New Orleans, LA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics has an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics provides emergency services.
246 Medicare clinicians list Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Internal Medicine.
In 2024, Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics had 154 Medicare inpatient stays in 8 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 42 stays; Medicare paid $22,072.00 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $407 in payments to Ochsner University Hospital and Clinics as a teaching hospital ($407 general and - for research) from 2 companies.