Avoyelles Hospital

What Avoyelles Hospital does

Avoyelles Hospital is a privately held, 49-bed acute care community hospital located in Marksville, Louisiana, providing emergency, surgical, diagnostic, and inpatient services to residents of Avoyelles Parish and the surrounding Central Louisiana region. Founded in 1938 and currently operated under Allegiance Health Management (AHM) — a Louisiana-based parent company that manages 17 hospitals across four states with 11 acute care hospitals in Louisiana — the facility offers 24/7 emergency department coverage, four surgical suites plus an endoscopy suite, hospitalist coverage, nursing, respiratory, and nutritional services, and an accredited clinical laboratory performing over 400,000 tests annually. The hospital's clinical technology stack includes a 128 Slice CT scanner, MRI, ACR/FDA-accredited 3D mammography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and bone density studies, with medication safety supported by computerized dispensing cabinets and barcoded patient armbands.

The care delivery network extends beyond the main campus through six affiliated outpatient sites — the Avoyelles Hospital Rural Health Clinic and five Family Care Centers in Marksville, Moreauville, Lecompte, and Hessmer — providing primary care and specialty services across cardiology, orthopedics, neurology, urology, ENT, OB/GYN, mental health, dermatology, pulmonology, and podiatry. Recent additions include Premier Pediatrics Of Avoyelles (launched May 2026) and Freedom Behavioral (2026), broadening the pediatric and behavioral health footprint.

Revenue is generated primarily through fee-for-service billing across insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and patient self-pay, supplemented by an interest-free patient financing arrangement with PayZen for balances between $250 and $10,000 over up to 60 months. A Price Transparency Tool is offered via a YourCareEverywhere integration. The hospital is Joint Commission accredited and is participating in an ongoing facility expansion (breaking ground 2021, ongoing through 2026). The CEO of AHM, Rock Bordelon, has publicly committed the parent organization to rural healthcare delivery, and the AHM platform has been actively consolidating Louisiana acute care assets, including the 2018 acquisition of three LifePoint hospitals and the 2020 acquisition of Northern Louisiana Medical Center.

Name

Avoyelles Hospital

Legal name

Avoyelles Hospital

Website

https://avoyelleshospital.ahmgt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1938

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Avoyelles Hospital is a 49-bed acute care community hospital in Marksville, Louisiana, owned by Allegiance Health Management, delivering emergency, surgical, diagnostic, and inpatient services to Avoyelles Parish residents through a network of six affiliated rural clinics and family care centers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Marksville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: The hospital generates revenue through providing medical services including emergency care, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, surgical services, inpatient and outpatient care. Revenue is collected through insurance payments, Medicare, Medicaid, and patient payments.
2. Payment Plan Services (PayZen): Partnership with PayZen to offer affordable payment options for patients to pay bills over time with no interest or fees, serving balances between $250-$10,000 with payment plans up to 60 months

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Avoyelles Hospital is a licensed 49-bed acute care community hospital in Marksville, Louisiana providing emergency care, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, surgical services, inpatient and outpatient care, and 24/7 hospitalist coverage. Care is extended across Avoyelles Parish through six affiliated rural health clinics and family care centers delivering primary care and specialty services including cardiology, orthopedics, urology, ENT, OB/GYN, mental health, and pediatrics.

Product overview

Avoyelles Hospital is a licensed 49-bed community hospital in Marksville, Louisiana providing acute care services through a unified hospital system with affiliated rural health clinics and family care centers. The core hospital offers emergency services, surgical services, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, intensive care, and hospitalist coverage, supported by nursing services, respiratory care, nutritional services, and case management. The hospital network extends care through six affiliated family care centers (Hessmer Family Care Center, LeCompte Family Care Center, Marksville Family Care Center, Moreauville Family Clinic, Avoyelles Hospital Rural Health Clinic, and Premier Pediatrics Of Avoyelles) offering primary care and specialty services including cardiology, mental health, urology, OB/GYN, and pediatrics. Additional patient support services include eligibility screening for coverage programs and PayZen payment plans for billing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Emergency Services
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Laboratory Services
• Surgical Services
• Hospitalist Services
• Nursing Services (Medical/Surgical & ICU)
• Respiratory Care
• Nutritional Services
• Avoyelles Hospital Rural Health Clinic
• Hessmer Family Care Center
• LeCompte Family Care Center
• Marksville Family Care Center
• Moreauville Family Clinic
• Premier Pediatrics Of Avoyelles
• Case Management
• Eligibility Services
• PayZen Payment Plans
• Freedom Behavioral

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 400,000 laboratory tests performed annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered support services, parent company, public health guidance and regulatory.

• PayZensupport servicesOthersPartnership with PayZen to offer affordable payment options for patients to pay medical bills over time. Patients with outstanding balances between $250-$10,000 can enroll in payment plans up to 60 months with no interest or fees.
• Allegiance Health Managementparent companyOthersAvoyelles Hospital is operated by Allegiance Health Management (AHM), a Louisiana-based healthcare company providing administrative and management support services. AHM manages 17 hospitals in four states with 11 acute care hospitals in Louisiana.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)public health guidanceStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with CDC for COVID-19 prevention guidelines and public health information dissemination to patients and community members
• CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)regulatoryOthersParticipating Medicare provider with compliance with CMS quality and safety requirements

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• LifePoint Health: National operator of community and rural hospitals that previously owned and divested three Louisiana facilities to Allegiance Health Management. Comparable rural acute care portfolio strategy and shared exposure to CMS reimbursement dynamics.
• Ochsner Medical Center: Large multi-state, Louisiana-headquartered health system with a flagship academic medical center and expanding outpatient footprint. Represents the dominant regional incumbent that captures higher-acuity cases bypassing smaller rural hospitals such as Avoyelles.
• Community Health Systems (CHS): Large national hospital operator that divested Northern Louisiana Medical Center to Allegiance Health Management. Tracks the broader rural hospital divestiture wave that has rebuilt Allegiance's portfolio around facilities like Avoyelles.

Direct peers

• Rapides Regional Medical Center: Acute care hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana (roughly 30 miles from Marksville), providing emergency, cardiac, surgical, and diagnostic services to a similar central Louisiana catchment. Competes with Avoyelles for higher-acuity inpatient and specialty cases in the same region.
• Minden Medical Center: Acute care community hospital in Minden, Louisiana, operated under Allegiance Health Management. Provides a like-for-like comparison for rural bed count, clinic network, and ED throughput at Avoyelles.
• Northern Louisiana Medical Center: 130-bed acute care hospital in Ruston, Louisiana, acquired by Allegiance Health Management from Community Health Systems in 2020. Provides a same-parent, same-state comparison for rural acute care economics and clinic integration.
• Mercy Regional Medical Center: Louisiana acute care hospital in Ville Platte owned by Allegiance Health Management, the same parent as Avoyelles. Shares governance, operating model, and rural acute care positioning, making it the closest peer for benchmarking and shared-services synergies.
• Acadian Medical Center: Acute care hospital in Eunice, Louisiana, also operated by Allegiance Health Management. Comparable rural community hospital footprint and service mix, with overlapping specialty coverage in central Louisiana.
• Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital: Acute care hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana, part of Christus Health. Directly competes with Avoyelles for central Louisiana patients across emergency, cardiac, and general surgery service lines.

Regional players

• Iberia Medical Center: Community acute care hospital in New Iberia, Louisiana, operating as a non-profit regional referral center. Comparable rural/small-metro acute care model with employed physician coverage and clinic network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/avoyelles-hospital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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