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Louisiana
16,860 individual providers in 82 specialties, 2024 · 19 metro and micro areas
Market Comparisons are prepared for one specialty in one metro area (or the state's area outside metro areas). View sample report
Individual providers by data year: 2020: 15,225 · 2021: 15,646 · 2022: 16,174 · 2023: 16,496 · 2024: 16,860.
Specialties practicing in Louisiana, 2024
Metro areas and non-metro Louisiana, 2024
| Area | Type | Individual providers | Physicians |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria, LA | Metro | 633 | 277 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | Metro | 2,984 | 1,461 |
| Bogalusa, LA | Micro | 86 | 38 |
| DeRidder, LA | Micro | 46 | 13 |
| Hammond, LA | Metro | 444 | 195 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | Metro | 618 | 291 |
| Lafayette, LA | Metro | 1,612 | 673 |
| Lake Charles, LA | Metro | 822 | 330 |
| Minden, LA | Micro | 69 | 31 |
| Monroe, LA | Metro | 766 | 366 |
| Morgan City, LA | Micro | 74 | 33 |
| Natchez, MS-LA (crosses a state line) | Micro | 117 | 40 |
| Natchitoches, LA | Micro | 70 | 35 |
| New Iberia, LA | Micro | 163 | 85 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | Metro | 4,539 | 2,790 |
| Opelousas, LA | Micro | 221 | 107 |
| Ruston, LA | Micro | 129 | 44 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | Metro | 1,875 | 1,087 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | Metro | 1,199 | 640 |
| Louisiana outside metro areas | Non-metro | 441 | 178 |
Areas are Census CBSAs with at least one county in Louisiana; provider counts cover the whole area, including any part across a state line. See geography.
Largest cities in Louisiana
- New Orleans (2,642 clinicians)
- Baton Rouge (2,404 clinicians)
- Shreveport (1,632 clinicians)
- Lafayette (1,268 clinicians)
- Metairie (843 clinicians)
- Lake Charles (674 clinicians)
- Alexandria (558 clinicians)
- Covington (556 clinicians)
- Monroe (520 clinicians)
- Slidell (448 clinicians)
Largest hospitals in Louisiana
- Ochsner Medical Center Acute (2,528 affiliated clinicians)
- East Jefferson General Hospital (1,072 affiliated clinicians)
- Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center (1,064 affiliated clinicians)
- Willis Knighton Medical Center (1,037 affiliated clinicians)
- Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center (973 affiliated clinicians)
- Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge (752 affiliated clinicians)
- Slidell Memorial Hospital (694 affiliated clinicians)
- St Tammany Parish Hospital (671 affiliated clinicians)
- Our Lady Of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Inc (647 affiliated clinicians)
- Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System (630 affiliated clinicians)
Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data year 2024. Largest by the count of clinicians.