Where to Give Birth in Idaho (2026): Hospitals Compared with CMS Data
Data as of 2026-08-13 (CMS hospital data); 09/30/2025 (patient-experience survey end date). Hospital quality & Birthing-Friendly data: CMS Care Compare, released 2026-08-13. Patient-experience data (HCAHPS): CMS, survey period 10/01/2024–09/30/2025. This page does not update automatically — see “How we built this page” below for the refresh cadence.
Medical disclaimer. This page compares publicly reported federal data. It is not medical advice and is not a recommendation of any hospital, provider, or birth plan. CMS does not currently publish a hospital-level cesarean-delivery rate or severe-maternal-complication rate, so this page cannot show either — no other source on this page fills that gap. Talk to your OB, midwife, or family doctor about which hospital is right for a specific pregnancy, especially a high-risk one, and ask directly about the hospital’s neonatal/NICU level of care.
Idaho has 35 hospitals that provide labor and delivery care, spread across 31 cities. This page compares them on two things: whether CMS has designated the hospital Birthing-Friendly, and the hospital’s overall CMS star rating. Seven hospitals in Idaho were excluded from this comparison because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
35
Hospitals providing labor & delivery
16
Birthing-Friendly designated (45.7%)
19
Have a published CMS star rating (54.3%)
16
Not rated by CMS
7 hospitals on Idaho’s general acute-care/critical-access hospital list were excluded because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor & delivery care.
Every hospital in Idaho that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Luke’S Elmore Medical Center | Mountain Home, Elmore County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 77% would definitely recommend |
| St Luke’S Nampa Medical Center | Nampa, Canyon County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 81% would definitely recommend |
| St Luke’S Regional Medical Center | Boise, Ada County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Kootenai Health | Coeur D’Alene, Kootenai County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Portneuf Medical Center | Pocatello, Bannock County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| St Luke’S Wood River Medical Center | Ketchum, Blaine County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 81% would definitely recommend |
| St Lukes Magic Valley Medical Center | Twin Falls, Twin Falls County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Cassia Regional Hospital | Burley, Cassia County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center | Idaho Falls, Bonneville County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Franklin County Medical Center | Preston, Franklin County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | No | Not reported | Not reported · 81% would definitely recommend |
| Gritman Medical Center | Moscow, Latah County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | No | No | 4/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Mountain View Hospital | Idaho Falls, Bonneville County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa | Nampa, Canyon County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center | Boise, Ada County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 77% would definitely recommend |
| Shoshone Medical Center | Kellogg, Shoshone County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | No | Not reported | Not reported · 81% would definitely recommend |
| Steele Memorial Medical Center | Salmon, Lemhi County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | No | Not reported | Not reported · 78% would definitely recommend |
| Bonner General Hospital | Sandpoint, Bonner County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | No | Not reported | 4/5 stars · 73% would definitely recommend |
| Clearwater Valley Hospital & Clinics | Orofino, Clearwater County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | No | Not reported | 3/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| St Joseph Regional Medical Center | Lewiston, Nez Perce County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| Bear Lake Memorial Hospital | Montpelier, Bear Lake County | Not rated | Yes | Yes | Not reported · 78% would definitely recommend |
| Benewah Community Hospital | Saint Maries, Benewah County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Bingham Memorial Hospital | Blackfoot, Bingham County | Not rated | No | Not reported | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Boundary Community Hospital | Bonners Ferry, Boundary County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Caribou Medical Center | Soda Springs, Caribou County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 78% would definitely recommend |
| Grove Creek Medical Center | Blackfoot, Bingham County | Not rated | Yes | Yes | Not reported · 87% would definitely recommend |
| Lost Rivers Medical Center | Arco, Butte County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Madison Memorial Hospital | Rexburg, Madison County | Not rated | No | No | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Nell J Redfield Memorial Hospital | Malad City, Oneida County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| North Canyon Medical Center | Gooding, Gooding County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 95% would definitely recommend |
| St Luke’S Mccall | Mccall, Valley County | Not rated | Yes | Yes | 5/5 stars · 84% would definitely recommend |
| St Mary’S Hospital | Cottonwood, Idaho County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 77% would definitely recommend |
| Syringa General Hospital | Grangeville, Idaho County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 78% would definitely recommend |
| Teton Valley Hospital | Driggs, Teton County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Valor Health | Emmett, Gem County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 61% would definitely recommend |
| Weiser Memorial Hospital | Weiser, Washington County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 76% would definitely recommend |
What CMS does not tell you
CMS has not published a hospital-level cesarean-delivery rate or a severe-maternal-complication rate in its current data release, and that is true nationwide, not specific to Idaho, so this page cannot show either number for any hospital listed. A state-level NICU or perinatal level-of-care listing is also left off this page because it could not be verified against a current, authoritative source for Idaho.
How we built this page
This list was built by filtering CMS Hospital Type to Acute Care Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals, then excluding any hospital whose CMS Maternal Morbidity Structural Measure (SM_7) is marked “Not Applicable (does not provide inpatient labor/delivery care).”
Sources
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information and Maternal Health – Hospital datasets, data.cms.gov. File released 2026-08-13. Maternal-health measurement period: calendar year 2024.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) patient-experience survey, data.cms.gov. Measurement period 10/01/2024–09/30/2025.
