67252 Industry Lane, Covington, LA, 70433 · (985) 809-9888
Beds
21
FY 2025
Star rating
Not rated
Patient survey: 5 of 5
Net patient revenue
$72.5M
FY 2025
Net income
$10.2M
Patient care margin 15.8%
Discharges
891
Occupancy 21.3%
Clinicians
103
Medicare clinicians who work here
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 | $72.5M | $61.0M | 15.8% | $10.2M | 891 | $60K | 24.8% | - |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Readmission rate after hip or knee replacement | 6.1% | US median 5.8% |
| Complications after hip or knee replacement | 3.8% | US median 4.1% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.91 | US median 0.96 |
| Doctors always communicated well |
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.
| 2024 | $67.4M | $60.2M | 10.7% | $6.7M | 869 | $79K | 22.8% | - |
| 2023 | $65.2M | $55.4M | 15.1% | $8.1M | 811 | $47K | 19.2% | - |
| 2022 | $64.0M | $59.2M | 7.4% | $5.3M | 885 | $34K | 22.3% | - |
| 2021 | $63.9M | $52.7M | 17.5% | $13.5M | 819 | $93K | 24.1% | - |
| 2020 | $50.2M | $44.5M | 11.3% | $6.8M | 821 | $30K | 28.1% | - |
| 88% |
| US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 91% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 5 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 82% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 89% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 81% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 89% | US median 71% |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 24% | US median 15% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 40% | US median 79% |
| 15 |
| $219,817.60 |
| $32,455.00 |
| $38,459.60 |
| DRG 402 SINGLE LEVEL COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL | 15 | $134,914.40 | $22,606.00 | $29,377.56 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5115 Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 201 | 194 | $9,501.57 | $10,771.69 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 134 | 131 | $4,825.28 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 75 | 63 | $1,298.01 | $1,406.61 |
| APC 5113 Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 65 | 64 | $2,183.09 | $2,373.24 |
| APC 5491 Level 1 Intraocular Procedures | 59 | 42 | $1,570.07 | $1,751.67 |
| APC 5112 Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 55 | 48 | $1,084.66 | $1,196.16 |
| APC 5116 Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 23 | 23 | $14,121.89 | $15,762.73 |
| APC 5492 Level 2 Intraocular Procedures | 19 | 18 | $2,734.03 | $3,116.50 |
| APC 5091 Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures | 12 | - | $2,572.44 | $2,930.15 |
| APC 5503 Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures | 11 | 11 | $1,577.05 | $1,780.31 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | - | - | - | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5432 Level 2 Nerve Procedures | - | - | - | $4,673.83 |
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.
Avala is a for-profit short-term acute care hospital in Covington, LA with 21 beds, part of LCMC Health System.
Avala in Covington, LA has 21 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report). It discharged 891 inpatients that year, with 21.3% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-12-31), Avala reported net patient revenue of $72.5M and operating expenses of $61.0M, a margin on patient care of 15.8%. After other income and expenses its net income was $10.2M (14.3% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Avala is part of LCMC Health System, a health system with 7 hospitals based in New Orleans, LA. It is a for-profit hospital.
Avala has no overall star rating, usually because it reports too few quality measures (for example small, specialty or federal hospitals).
No, Avala does not list emergency services.
103 Medicare clinicians list Avala as a hospital they work at, most often in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna), Orthopedic Surgery, Nurse Practitioner.
In 2024, Avala had 131 Medicare inpatient stays in 4 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 455 (combined anterior and posterior spinal fusion without cc/mcc) with 58 stays; Medicare paid $26,597.60 per stay on average, compared with $33,846.56 across all hospitals.