Hospice market for funeral homes in Louisiana
119 hospices have an office in Louisiana and cared for 30,065 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:
The Louisiana market
By ownership
- For-profit: 101
- Nonprofit: 8
- Government and nonprofit: 1
- Other ownership: 9
Medicare patients per year
All hospices here together, by CMS year.
CMS data, released August 2026. How we use it
Where the hospices are
Each dot is a hospice office, colored by ownership and sized by Medicare patients in 2024.
- For-profit
- Nonprofit
- Government
- Other ownership
Larger dot, more Medicare patients
Largest hospices in 2024
By Medicare patients, the CMS count of people each hospice cared for. Size is not a measure of quality.
- 1The Hospice of Baton RougeBaton Rouge · Nonprofit1,310
- 2Hospice Compassus - Greater New OrleansMandeville · For-profit1,258
- 3Passages HospiceCovington · For-profit1,258
- 4Hospice of AcadianaLafayette · Nonprofit1,240
- 5Clarity Hospice of Baton RougeBaton Rouge · For-profit827
- 6The Carpenter Hospice of Northwest LouisianaSibley · For-profit665
- 7St. Joseph Hospice of AcadianaBaton Rouge · For-profit657
- 8Harbor Hospice of Lake CharlesLake Charles · For-profit630
- 9Heart of HospiceLake Charles · For-profit618
- 10Heart of HospiceTerrytown · For-profit614
Fastest-growing hospices
Compound annual growth in Medicare patients over three CMS years, for hospices with at least 30 patients in both years.
| Hospice | Ownership | 2021 | 2024 | Growth per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiance Hospice & Palliative CareRuston | For-profit | 76 | 327 | +62.6% |
| Hope Healthcare & Hospice BcHouma | For-profit | 67 | 250 | +55.1% |
| Acg Hospice ,Hammond | For-profit | 63 | 140 | +30.5% |
| Harbor Hospice of Lake CharlesLake Charles | For-profit | 285 | 630 | +30.3% |
| Serenity Hospice ServicesMetairie | For-profit | 115 | 245 | +28.7% |
| Harbor Hospice of AlexandriaAlexandria | For-profit | 87 | 185 | +28.6% |
| Pinnacle HospiceBaton Rouge | For-profit | 284 | 563 | +25.6% |
| Hand in Hand Hospice CareNatchitoches | For-profit | 44 | 85 | +24.5% |
| Elara CaringMonroe | For-profit | 245 | 433 | +20.9% |
| Passages HospiceMonroe | For-profit | 106 | 184 | +20.2% |
CMS Post-Acute Care utilization data. CMS does not publish counts below 11. How we use it
Your local market, ranked
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