An In-Depth Look into the Healthcare System
Ochsner Health is the leading nonprofit healthcare provider in Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf South, and one of the largest non-university academic medical centers in the country. Its flagship hospital, Ochsner Medical Center on Jefferson Highway in New Orleans, is where every Ochsner liver transplant takes place and where you would practice.
Ochsner is a physician-led organization guided by a five-part mission: Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate, and Innovate.
System Snapshot
Ownership: Nonprofit, 501(c)(3)
Founded: 1942
Hospitals: 47
Health and Urgent Care Centers: More than 370
Team Members: More than 40,000
Employed and Affiliated Physicians: More than 5,000
Patients Served in 2025: More than 1.6 million, from every state and 65 countries
EMR: Epic
System Metrics
| Metric |
Value |
| Licensed beds |
4,369 |
| Staffed beds |
4,114 |
| Annual discharges |
145,617 |
| Annual ER visits |
414,304 |
| Net patient revenue |
$6.6 billion |
| Integration level |
System III, vertically integrated |
Payor Mix (by net patient revenue)
|
Share |
| Private, self-pay, and other |
62.5% |
| Medicaid |
25.8% |
| Medicare |
11.7% |
Awards and Recognition
- Best Hospital in Louisiana and No. 1 in the New Orleans metro for 15 consecutive years (U.S. News & World Report, 2026-2027)
- Nationally ranked in obstetrics and gynecology (No. 32) and pulmonology and lung surgery (No. 47)
- High Performing in neurology and neurosurgery, and in orthopedics, which ranks No. 1 in Louisiana
- High Performing in 17 procedures and conditions, including heart bypass, heart failure, TAVR, stroke, and colon and lung cancer surgery
- Five-time Magnet recognition for nursing excellence
- "A" Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, Fall 2025
- Ochsner Children's Hospital: No. 1 hospital for kids in Louisiana for five consecutive years
Ochsner Medical Center Campus
| Feature |
Detail |
| Operating rooms |
71 OR suites on the second floor, equipped with towers in place of carts |
| Inpatient Unit |
Beds |
| Surgical ICU |
32 |
| Transplant Stepdown Unit |
34 |
| Medical ICU |
32 |
| Cardiac ICU |
10, plus 16 stepdown beds |
| Cardiology Step-Down Unit |
43 |
| Neurosciences Progressive Unit |
40 |
| Medical Surgical Unit |
36 |
| Internal Medicine Telemetry Unit |
34 |
| Postop Surgical Services |
29 |
Ochsner Transplant Institute
- More than 10,000 liver, kidney, pancreas, lung, and heart transplants performed since 1984
- More than 4,000 liver transplants for adults and children
- Living donor liver and kidney programs
- One of the country's shortest wait times for a deceased donor liver transplant
- Most active liver transplant center in the Gulf South
Centers of Excellence
- Cancer services, including the Gayle and Tom Benson Cancer Center, clinically integrated with MD Anderson
- Heart & Vascular Institute
- Ochsner Neuroscience Institute
- Ochsner Transplant Institute
- Orthopedic services
- Pediatrics
- Primary care services
- Robotic surgery
Academics and Research
- Largest academic medical center in Louisiana
- More than 700 clinical trials underway
- UQ-Ochsner Clinical School, a partnership with the University of Queensland
- Ochsner-Xavier Institute for Health Equity and Research
- Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, welcoming its first class in 2027
Campus Growth
- Patrick Neuroscience Institute, expected to open in fall 2026
- The Gayle and Tom Benson Ochsner Children's Hospital, under construction on the main campus and expected to open in 2028