401 East Vaughn Avenue, Ruston, LA, 71270 · (318) 254-2100
Beds
122
FY 2025
Star rating
2 of 5
Patient survey: 2 of 5
Net patient revenue
$75.8M
FY 2025
Net income
-$4.9M
Patient care margin -12.3%
Discharges
3,442
Occupancy 24.4%
Clinicians
165
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 | $75.8M | $85.1M | -12.3% | -$4.9M | 3,442 | $1.3M | 28.6% | 8.8% |
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 | 10.1% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12.9% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 13.1% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 5% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 16.5% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients | 11.9% | US median 11.6% |
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 | $63.3M | $73.0M | -15.4% | -$5.0M | 2,855 | $1.7M | 32.9% | 23.9% |
| 2023 | $62.7M | $67.8M | -8.2% | -$2.9M | 2,833 | $1.5M | 30.7% | 26.9% |
| 2022 | $56.1M | $66.9M | -19.1% | -$14.2M | 2,483 | $1.3M | 32.1% | 29.5% |
| 2021 | $63.0M | $66.0M | -4.8% | $1.6M | 3,024 | $199K | 29.9% | 31.5% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.4% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 14.2% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 22.2% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 18.9% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 1.03 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.72 | US median 0.28 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.93 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 78% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 71% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 2 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 62% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 48% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 54% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 46% | 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) | 135 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 9% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 69% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 40% | US median 79% |
| Stroke patients who got a brain scan within 45 minutes of arrival | 90% | US median 74% |
| 31 |
| $34,030.81 |
| $3,951.35 |
| $5,829.71 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 31 | $58,602.03 | $7,168.03 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 690 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITHOUT MCC | 25 | $29,949.28 | $3,960.76 | $5,985.69 |
| DRG 683 RENAL FAILURE WITH CC | 22 | $27,538.59 | $4,679.68 | $6,629.69 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 19 | $55,980.26 | $9,487.47 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 308 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH MCC | 18 | $54,623.06 | $6,864.50 | $9,138.57 |
| DRG 689 KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS WITH MCC | 17 | $36,026.65 | $5,945.41 | $8,838.11 |
| DRG 322 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 15 | $138,592.40 | $9,655.47 | $12,904.99 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 15 | $41,160.00 | $5,365.27 | $7,294.77 |
| DRG 640 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC | 13 | $51,326.38 | $7,047.54 | $10,642.23 |
| DRG 189 PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE | 13 | $64,026.62 | $7,137.08 | $9,973.97 |
| DRG 872 SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC | 13 | $45,767.08 | $5,644.92 | $7,681.44 |
| DRG 292 HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH CC | 12 | $31,947.50 | $4,341.67 | $7,089.06 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 82 | 76 | $1,793.63 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 79 | 52 | $1,543.67 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 49 | 36 | $2,309.28 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 39 | 37 | $1,264.50 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5375 Level 5 Urology and Related Services | 35 | 33 | $3,424.77 | $3,917.51 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 35 | 32 | $2,106.05 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 26 | 26 | $1,940.92 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 25 | 24 | $1,073.96 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 24 | 24 | $2,144.13 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5361 Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services | 18 | 18 | $3,822.12 | $4,357.80 |
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 18 | 14 | $9,298.30 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5341 Level 1 Abdominal/Peritoneal/Biliary and Related Procedures | 18 | 18 | $2,291.35 | $2,635.67 |
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.
Northern Louisiana Medical Center is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Ruston, LA with 122 beds, part of Allegiance Health Management and a 2-star overall rating.
Northern Louisiana Medical Center in Ruston, LA has 122 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 65 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 3,442 inpatients that year, with 24.4% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), Northern Louisiana Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $75.8M and operating expenses of $85.1M, a margin on patient care of -12.3%. After other income and expenses its net income was -$4.9M (-6.0% of revenue), so it lost money that year.
Northern Louisiana Medical Center is part of Allegiance Health Management, a health system with 13 hospitals based in Shreveport, LA. It is a for-profit hospital.
Northern Louisiana Medical Center has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 2 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Northern Louisiana Medical Center provides emergency services.
165 Medicare clinicians list Northern Louisiana Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Family Practice, Physician Assistant.
In 2024, Northern Louisiana Medical Center had 363 Medicare inpatient stays in 16 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 291 (heart failure and shock with mcc) with 63 stays; Medicare paid $7,309.67 per stay on average, compared with $10,022.34 across all hospitals.