U.S. News and World Report released a list Dec. 5 recognizing hundreds of hospitals for maternity care.
To compile its Best Hospitals for Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) list, U.S. News examined survey data voluntarily submitted by hospitals from across the nation that provide labor and delivery services and submitted detailed data to the publication; 680 hospitals, an all-time high, participated in this year's U.S. News survey. The publication assessed the hospitals' performance based on measures of quality, such as C-section rates in lower-risk pregnancies, newborn complication rates, exclusive breast milk feeding rates, early elective delivery rates, birthing-friendly practices and transparency on racial/ethnic disparities, among other measures. The reporting time period was the full 2021 calendar year. For more information on the methodology, click here.
U.S. News gave 311 hospitals high-performing designations in maternity care for 2023-24.
"Hospitals that receive a high performing designation as part of Best Hospitals for Maternity Care meet a high standard in caring for parents with uncomplicated pregnancies," Jennifer Winston, PhD, health data scientist at U.S. News, said in a news release. "These hospitals have C-section rates that are 26% lower, and newborn complication rates that are 37% lower than unrecognized hospitals that participated in the survey."
Below are the hospitals that received a high performing designation, sorted by state:
Alabama
Thomas Hospital (Fairhope)
Arkansas
Washington Regional Medical Center (Fayetteville)
Arizona
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (Phoenix)
TMC Healthcare-Tucson
California
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Berkeley
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (Colton)
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
California Pacific Medical Center-Van Ness Campus
Community Memorial Hospital-Ventura
Corona Regional Medical Center
Eden Medical Center (Castro Valley)
El Camino Health-Mountain View
Enloe Medical Center (Chico)
John Muir Health-Walnut Creek Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Anaheim and Irvine Medical Centers
Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Fontana and Ontario Medical Centers
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Zion and San Diego Medical Centers (San Diego)
Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center (Harbor City)
Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto)
Memorial Medical Center-Modesto
MemorialCare Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach
MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (Fountain Valley)
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Mills-Peninsula Health Services-Burlingame
NorthBay Medical Center (Fairfield)
Palomar Medical Center Escondido
PIH Health Hospital-Whittier
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance
Providence Mission Hospital-Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach
Providence Saint John's Health Center (Santa Monica)
Providence St. Joseph Hospital-Orange
Providence St. Jude Medical Center (Fullerton)
Redlands Community Hospital
Riverside University Health System Medical Center (Moreno Valley)
Salinas Valley Health Medical Center
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (San Jose)
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital
Scripps Memorial Hospital-Encinitas
Scripps Mercy Hospital (San Diego)
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Sharp Grossmont Hospital (La Mesa)
Southwest Healthcare System-Murrieta
St. Joseph Hospital-Eureka
St. Mary Medical Center-Apple Valley
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (Pleasanton)
Sutter Coast Hospital (Crescent City)
Sutter Davis Hospital
Sutter Delta Medical Center (Antioch)
Sutter Lakeside Hospital (Lakeport)
Sutter Medical Center (Sacramento)
Sutter Roseville Medical Center
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
Tri-City Medical Center (Oceanside)
UC San Diego Health-La Jolla and Hillcrest Hospitals
UCI Medical Center (Orange)
UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles)
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Colorado
Boulder Community Health-Foothills Hospital
Intermountain Health Good Samaritan Hospital (Lafayette)
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital (Wheat Ridge)
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital (Brighton)
Intermountain Health Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver)
Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital (Grand Junction)
St. Anthony North Hospital (Westminster)
St. Anthony Summit Hospital (Frisco)
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital (Longmont)
UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies (Loveland)
UCHealth Memorial Hospital (Colorado Springs)
UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora)
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center (Steamboat Springs)
Connecticut
Hospital of Central Connecticut (New Britain)
Stamford Hospital
District of Columbia
George Washington University Hospital
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Florida
AdventHealth Wesley Chapel
Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County (Middleburg)
Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Cape Coral Hospital
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital (Vero Beach)
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health-Stuart
Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center
Orlando Health South Lake Hospital (Clermont)
Rockledge Regional Medical Center
Tampa General Hospital
UF Health Jacksonville
UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville)
Georgia
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
Hawaii
Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center (Honolulu)
Iowa
Mercy Medical Center-Cedar Rapids
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center
Idaho
Intermountain Health Cassia Regional Hospital (Burley)
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (Lewiston)
Illinois
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital (Barrington)
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center (Chicago)
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge)
Advocate Sherman Hospital (Elgin)
Advocate South Suburban Hospital (Hazel Crest)
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
NorthShore University Health System-Metro Chicago (Evanston)
Northwest Community Hospital (Arlington Heights)
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital (Geneva)
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital (DeKalb)
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital
Northwestern Medicine-McHenry, Huntley, Woodstock Hospitals
Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago)
Rush Copley Medical Center (Aurora)
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center (Mattoon)
Indiana
Indiana University Health Arnett Hospital (Lafayette)
Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital (Muncie)
Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital
Indiana University Health West Hospital (Avon)
St. Catherine Hospital-East Chicago
Women's Hospital (Newburgh)
Kansas
Advent Health Shawnee Mission
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Wichita
University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City)
Kentucky
Norton Hospitals (Louisville)
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood-Covington Hospitals
Louisiana
St. Tammany Health System-Main Campus (Covington)
Massachusetts
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston)
Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston)
UMass Memorial Medical Center (Worcester)
Maryland
Garrett Regional Medical Center (Oakland)
Johns Hopkins Medicine-Howard County Medical Center (Columbia)
University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton
Maine
Northern Light Mercy Hospital (Portland)
Michigan
Beaumont Hospital-Grosse Pointe
Beaumont Hospital-Trenton
Beaumont Hospital-Troy
Corewell Health Gerber Hospital (Fremont)
Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals
Corewell Health Ludington Hospital
Corewell Health Greenville Hospital
Corewell Health Pennock Hospital (Hastings)
Corewell Health Zeeland Hospital
Henry Ford Allegiance Health-Jackson
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital
Memorial Healthcare-Owosso
University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor
Minnesota
Allina Health Mercy Hospital-Coon Rapids
Allina Health United Hospital (St. Paul)
CentraCare-St. Cloud Hospital
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital (Grand Rapids)
M Health Fairview Northland Medical Center (Princeton)
M Health Fairview Ridges Hospital (Burnsville)
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital (Edina)
M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital (Maplewood)
M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital (Woodbury)
Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing
Missouri
Centerpoint Medical Center (Independence)
Mercy Hospital Springfield
North Kansas City Hospital
Parkland Health Center-Farmington Community
St. Luke's East Hospital (Lee's Summit)
Montana
Billings Clinic
Intermountain Health Holy Rosary Hospital (Miles City)
Intermountain Health St. Vincent Regional Hospital (Billings)
North Carolina
Alamance Regional Medical Center (Burlington)
Atrium Health-Cabarrus (Concord)
Atrium Health-Pineville (Charlotte)
Atrium Health-University City (Charlotte)
Catawba Valley Medical Center (Hickory)
Duke Regional Hospital (Durham)
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (Greensboro)
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center (Winston-Salem)
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center (Wilmington)
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Charlotte)
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
UNC Hospitals (Chapel Hill)
UNC Rex Hospital (Raleigh)
WakeMed Cary Hospital
WakeMed Raleigh Campus
Nebraska
Nebraska Methodist Hospital (Omaha)
New Hampshire
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (Lebanon)
New Jersey
Capital Health Medical Center-Hopewell (Pennington)
Cooper University Health Care-Camden
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston)
Englewood Hospital
Hackensack University Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health
Jefferson Health-Stratford, Cherry Hill and Washington Township
Monmouth Medical Center-Long Branch Campus
Morristown Medical Center
Ocean University Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health (Brick Township)
Overlook Medical Center (Summit)
Palisades Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health (North Bergen)
Raritan Bay and Old Bridge Medical Centers at Hackensack Meridian Health (Perth Amboy)
Riverview Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health (Red Bank)
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (New Brunswick)
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
Southern Ocean Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health (Manahawkin)
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (Camden)
Virtua Voorhees Hospital
Nevada
Centennial Hills Hospital Medical Center (Las Vegas)
Renown Regional Medical Center (Reno)
New York
Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca
Glens Falls Hospital
Mercy Hospital-Buffalo
Montefiore Nyack Hospital
Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital (Oceanside)
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (New York City)
NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City)
St. Joseph's Health Hospital (Bethpage)
Ohio
Atrium Medical Center-Middletown
Bethesda North Hospital (Cincinnati)
Cleveland Clinic Akron General
Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital
Kettering Health Main Campus
Licking Memorial Hospital (Newark)
McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital-TriHealth (Oxford)
Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton)
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus)
Soin Medical Center
University Hospitals Regional Hospitals
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Oklahoma
Comanche County Memorial Hospital (Lawton)
St. Francis Hospital South (Tulsa)
St. Francis Hospital-Tulsa
Oregon
Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center (Clackamas)
Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center (Hillsboro)
Pennsylvania
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery (East Norriton)
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital
Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital (Greensburg)
Jefferson Health-Abington Hospital
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest (Allentown)
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono (East Stroudsburg)
Main Line Health Paoli Hospital
Main Line Health Riddle Hospital (Media)
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
UPMC Altoona
UPMC Carlisle
UPMC Harrisburg
UPMC Horizon (Farrell)
UPMC Lititz
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital (Pittsburgh)
UPMC Memorial (York)
UPMC Williamsport
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital (Lebanon)
West Penn Hospital (Pittsburgh)
South Carolina
Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Charleston)
Tennessee
Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital (Murfreesboro)
Texas
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center-Centennial (Frisco)
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center-College Station
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center-Irving
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center-Temple
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center (Seguin)
Parkland Health-Dallas
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton
University Health-San Antonio
Utah
Intermountain Health American Fork Hospital
Intermountain Health Cedar City Hospital
Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center (Murray)
Intermountain Health Layton Hospital
Intermountain Health LDS Hospital (Salt Lake City)
Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital
Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital (Ogden)
Intermountain Health Orem Community Hospital
Intermountain Health St. George Regional Hospital
Virginia
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (Chantilly)
Sentara Leigh Hospital (Norfolk)
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital (Charlottesville)
Sentara RMH Medical Center (Harrisonburg)
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center
VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital (South Hill)
VCU Medical Center (Richmond)
Virginia Hospital Center (Arlington)
Winchester Medical Center
Washington
Overlake Medical Center and Clinics (Bellevue)
Providence St. Peter Hospital (Olympia)
Swedish First Hill Hospital (Seattle)
UW Medicine-University of Washington Medical Center
Wisconsin
Aurora BayCare Medical Center (Green Bay)
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center (Elkhorn)
Aurora Medical Center-Bay Area (Marinette)
Aurora Medical Center-Grafton
Aurora Medical Center-Oshkosh
Aurora Medical Center-Summit
Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center
Aurora West Allis Medical Center
Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital
Marshfield Medical Center
Marshfield Medical Center-Eau Claire Hospital
Marshfield Medical Center-Weston
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare in La Crosse
Sauk Prairie Healthcare-Prairie Du Sac
UnityPoint Health Meriter (Madison)
Watertown Regional Medical Center
West Virginia
Wheeling Hospital
Wyoming
St. John's Medical Center and Living Center (Jackson)
View the full Best Hospitals for Maternity Care list here.