Where to Give Birth in Alabama (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.
Alabama has 45 hospitals that provide labor and delivery care, spread across 36 cities. This page compares those hospitals using CMS’s Birthing-Friendly designation and overall hospital star rating. Alabama’s CMS data also includes 37 hospitals that were excluded from this comparison because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
45
Hospitals providing labor & delivery
38
Birthing-Friendly designated (84.4%)
38
Have a published CMS star rating (84.4%)
7
Not rated by CMS
37 hospitals on Alabama’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 Alabama that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Health | Foley, Baldwin County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Baptist Medical Center East | Montgomery, Montgomery County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Medical Center Enterprise | Enterprise, Coffee County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| Southeast Health Medical Center | Dothan, Houston County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital | Birmingham, Jefferson County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 57% would definitely recommend |
| Coosa Valley Medical Center | Sylacauga, Talladega County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Crestwood Medical Center | Huntsville, Madison County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital – Decatur Campus | Decatur, Morgan County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Grandview Medical Center | Birmingham, Jefferson County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| Highlands Medical Center | Scottsboro, Jackson County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Huntsville Hospital | Huntsville, Madison County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Marshall Medical Centers | Boaz, Marshall County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Medical West, An Affiliate Of Uab Health System | Bessemer, Jefferson County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| North Baldwin Infirmary | Bay Minette, Baldwin County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 5/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Russell Medical Center | Alexander City, Tallapoosa County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Springhill Medical Center | Mobile, Mobile County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 73% would definitely recommend |
| St Vincent’S Birmingham | Birmingham, Jefferson County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| The East Alabama Healthcare Authority | Opelika, Lee County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Usa Health Hca Providence Hospital, Llc | Mobile, Mobile County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 61% would definitely recommend |
| Walker Baptist Medical Center | Jasper, Walker County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 54% would definitely recommend |
| Andalusia Health | Andalusia, Covington County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 58% would definitely recommend |
| Athens Limestone Hospital | Athens, Limestone County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 73% would definitely recommend |
| Baptist Medical Center South | Montgomery, Montgomery County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Cullman Regional Medical Center | Cullman, Cullman County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Dch Regional Medical Center | Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Dekalb Regional Medical Center | Fort Payne, De Kalb County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| Flowers Hospital | Dothan, Houston County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Gadsden Regional Medical Center | Gadsden, Etowah County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 54% would definitely recommend |
| Helen Keller Hospital | Sheffield, Colbert County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc | Montgomery, Montgomery County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Mobile Infirmary Medical Center | Mobile, Mobile County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| North Alabama Medical Center | Florence, Lauderdale County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| Thomas Hospital | Fairhope, Baldwin County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| University Of Alabama Hospital | Birmingham, Jefferson County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 78% would definitely recommend |
| Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus | Selma, Dallas County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 47% would definitely recommend |
| D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital | Brewton, Escambia County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | Not reported · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Mizell Memorial Hospital | Opp, Covington County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | No | No | Not reported · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center | Anniston, Calhoun County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 52% would definitely recommend |
| Bibb Medical Center | Centreville, Bibb County | Not rated | Yes | Yes | Not reported · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Bullock County Hospital | Union Springs, Bullock County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Crenshaw Community Hospital | Luverne, Crenshaw County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Lakeland Community Hospital | Haleyville, Winston County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Ochsner Choctaw General | Butler, Choctaw County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 73% would definitely recommend |
| Washington County Hospital | Chatom, Washington County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 87% would definitely recommend |
| Wiregrass Medical Center | Geneva, Geneva County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
What CMS does not tell you
CMS has not published a hospital-level cesarean-delivery rate or severe-maternal-complication rate in its current data release, and that is true nationwide, not specific to Alabama, 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 Alabama.
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.
