Labor and delivery hospitals in Louisiana

44 hospitals in Louisiana deliver babies, handling 48,796 deliveries in 2025. 43 hold the Birthing-Friendly designation. The statewide first-birth C-section rate is 28%, against a U.S. median of 26%.

Every hospital in Louisiana that delivers babies

HospitalCityFirst-birth C-section rateDeliveries, 2025Birthing-Friendly
Womans HospitalBaton Rouge30%7,797Yes
Ochsner Medical Center AcuteNew Orleans28%4,170Yes
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical CenterLafayette33%3,382Yes
East Jefferson General HospitalMetairie24%2,570Yes
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc.Lafayette28%2,198Yes
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary MedicalShreveport27%2,143Yes
Fmol Health St FrancisMonroe28%2,068Yes
Willis Knighton Medical Center, Inc.Shreveport24%2,024Yes
Touro InfirmaryNew Orleans28%1,980Yes
St Tammany Parish HospitalCovington27%1,856Yes
Rapides Regional Medical CenterAlexandria22%1,382Yes
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles30%1,371Yes
West Jefferson Medical CenterMarrero27%1,287Yes
Ochsner Medical Center - Baton RougeBaton Rouge28%1,139Yes
Slidell Memorial HospitalSlidell23%1,075Yes
Terrebonne General Medical Center - ParishHouma28%1,029Yes
Christus Ochsner Lake Area HospitalLake Charles32%974Yes
North Oaks Medical CenterHammond23%973Yes
Thibodaux Regional Medical CenterThibodaux27%783Yes
Christus St Frances Cabrini HospitalAlexandria29%748Yes
Ochsner Medical Center-KennerKenner22%747Yes
Ochsner LSU Health MonroeMonroe30%727Yes
Opelousas General Health SystemOpelousas24%707Yes
Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health SystemShreveport26%580Yes
Ochsner St Anne General HospitalRaceland21%570Yes
Ochsner American Legion HospitalJennings32%495Yes
Acadian Medical CenterEunice18%480Yes
Northern Louisiana Medical CenterRuston46%421Yes
Minden Medical CenterMinden1%395Yes
Beauregard Memorial HospitalDeridder31%375Yes
Lane Regional Medical CenterZachary29%312Yes
Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches9%301Yes
Abbeville General HospitalAbbeville32%276Yes
Iberia Medical CenterNew Iberia28%258Yes
Baton Rouge General Medical CenterBaton Rouge1%248Yes
West Calcasieu Cameron HospitalSulphur–221Yes
Fmol Health Our Lady of the AngelsBogalusa16%211Yes
Morehouse General HospitalBastrop97%194Yes
Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville–184Yes
Bayou Bend Health SystemFranklin43%145Yes
Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte––Yes
Richland Parish Hospital-DelhiDelhi––Yes
St James Parish HospitalLutcher––Yes
The Spine Hospital of LouisianaBaton Rouge––No

Cities in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana where the hospital does not deliver babies