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U.S. News and World Report Rankings
2025 - 2026 Rankings
Ochsner Medical Center
For the 14th consecutive year, Ochsner Medical Center – New Orleans, inclusive of Ochsner Medical Center- West Bank and Ochsner Baptist, and Ochsner Hospital for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, has been named by U.S. News & World Report to its Best Hospitals list, ranking for 2025-2026 as the Best Hospital in Louisiana and the No.1 hospital in the New Orleans metro area. Ochsner is also home to U.S. News’ top-ranked hospital for kids in Louisiana for four years running – Ochsner Children’s Hospital.
Notably, the Obstetrics and Gynecology service line has ranked nationally, at No.13 in the United States, for women’s healthcare, an achievement led by the teams at Ochsner Baptist and Ochsner Medical Center – West Bank.
Ochsner Medical Center - New Orleans (OMC) is also ranked in the nation’s top 10% in six specialties: gastroenterology & GI surgery, geriatrics, orthopedics, urology, pulmonology& lung surgery, and neurology and neurosurgery.
OMC has received the “High Performing” ranking in the following procedures and conditions: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, aortic valve surgery, back surgery (spinal fusion), heart bypass surgery, congestive heart failure, colon cancer surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, gynecological cancer, heart arrhythmia, heart attack, hip fracture, hip replacement, kidney failure, knee replacement, lung cancer surgery, pacemaker implantation, pneumonia, prostate cancer surgery, stroke, transcatheter aortic valve replacement and leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center
Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center, inclusive of Ochsner Lafayette General Surgical Hospital, Ochsner Lafayette General Orthopedic Hospital and Ochsner Cancer Center of Acadiana, ranked as the best hospital in Southwestern Louisiana for the third consecutive year.
OLGMC 2025-2026 Best Hospital ranking accolades include:
#1 hospital in Southwestern Louisiana
Best Regional Hospital for Community Access
8 “High Performing” procedures and conditions: acute kidney failure, colon cancer surgery, diabetes, hip fracture, knee replacement, leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, lung cancer surgery and stroke.
2024 - 2025 Rankings
Ochsner Children's Hospital
For the eighth year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Ochsner Children's Hospital among the Top 50 Children’s Hospitals in the country. This year, Ochsner Children's Hospital ranked in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics and gastroenterology and GI surgery by U.S. News & World Report.
Ochsner Children's Hospital has offered exceptional pediatric care for 80 years. Ochsner offers the only pediatric heart and liver transplant program in the state, serving over 100,000 children every year with 200 physicians specializing in more than 30 pediatric specialties and sub-specialties. Ochsner Children’s Hospital is located in New Orleans, with subspecialty clinics across Louisiana and in Mississippi.
