1634 Elton Road, Jennings, LA, 70546 · (337) 616-7000
Beds
49
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 4 of 5
Net patient revenue
$61.0M
FY 2025
Net income
-$3.7M
Patient care margin -34.6%
Discharges
2,318
Occupancy 41.6%
Clinicians
228
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 | $61.0M | $82.1M | -34.6% | -$3.7M | 2,318 | $2.2M | 25.5% | 0.3% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8.9% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 13.4% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 5.4% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 14.7% | US median 15.2% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 21.7% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 21.8% |
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 | $60.6M | $76.4M | -26.1% | $2.6M | 2,451 | $1.8M | 29.9% | 0.7% |
| 2023 | $48.0M | $74.2M | -54.4% | -$13.6M | 2,380 | $1.1M | 33.6% | 27.1% |
| 2021 | $47.1M | $59.1M | -25.6% | $14.1M | 2,092 | $1.3M | 36.9% | 24.9% |
| 2020 | $44.5M | $52.1M | -17.1% | $767K | 2,089 | $1.4M | 43.5% | 0.3% |
| US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.7% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.06 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.23 | US median 0.28 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 83% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 86% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 4 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 76% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 77% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 85% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 72% | 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) | 104 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 17% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 49% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 84% | US median 79% |
| 20 |
| $12,748.30 |
| $4,809.60 |
| $5,985.69 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 19 | $27,984.26 | $11,183.16 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 18 | $15,302.39 | $7,007.17 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 18 | $17,110.50 | $6,133.72 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 17 | $26,398.76 | $8,404.94 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 16 | $33,793.44 | $8,047.50 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 14 | $19,518.00 | $5,771.14 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 698 OTHER KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT DIAGNOSES WITH MCC | 14 | $36,681.14 | $10,741.29 | $13,076.55 |
| DRG 194 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH CC | 14 | $17,367.50 | $4,570.86 | $5,880.23 |
| DRG 392 ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $20,501.92 | $4,774.15 | $5,662.18 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 12 | $16,006.92 | $7,460.00 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 641 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITHOUT MCC | 12 | $9,442.83 | $4,617.92 | $5,829.71 |
| DRG 682 RENAL FAILURE WITH MCC | 11 | $25,297.27 | $9,170.00 | $11,457.18 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 45 | 45 | $1,952.82 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 45 | 44 | $1,808.85 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5193 Level 3 Endovascular Procedures | 15 | 14 | $7,046.54 | $8,873.86 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 12 | 12 | $3,834.27 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 11 | - | $1,284.60 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5313 Level 3 Lower GI Procedures | - | - | - | $2,176.09 |
| APC 5331 Complex GI Procedures | - | - | - | $4,262.70 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | - | - | - | $2,635.67 |
| APC 5414 Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures | - | - | - | $2,389.24 |
| APC 5415 Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures | - | - | - | $3,792.42 |
| APC 5416 Level 6 Gynecologic Procedures | - | - | - | $5,835.63 |
| APC 5362 Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services | - | - | - | $8,164.45 |
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 American Legion Hospital is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Jennings, LA with 49 beds, part of Ochsner Health and a 2-star overall rating.
Ochsner American Legion Hospital in Jennings, LA has 49 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 2,318 inpatients that year, with 41.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-11-30), Ochsner American Legion Hospital reported net patient revenue of $61.0M and operating expenses of $82.1M, a margin on patient care of -34.6%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$3.7M (-4.8% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Ochsner American Legion Hospital is part of Ochsner Health, a health system with 24 hospitals based in New Orleans, LA. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Ochsner American Legion Hospital has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 4 out of 5 stars in the patient survey. 0 death rate measures are better and 1 worse than the national rate.
Yes, Ochsner American Legion Hospital provides emergency services.
228 Medicare clinicians list Ochsner American Legion Hospital as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Internal Medicine, Family Practice.
In 2024, Ochsner American Legion Hospital had 341 Medicare inpatient stays in 15 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 871 (septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc) with 94 stays; Medicare paid $12,365.89 per stay on average, compared with $15,524.21 across all hospitals.