Where to Give Birth in District of Columbia (2026): Hospitals Compared with CMS Data
The District of Columbia has 5 hospitals that provide labor and delivery care. This page compares those hospitals using CMS’s Birthing-Friendly designation and overall hospital star rating. The District of Columbia’s CMS data also includes 1 hospital that was excluded from this comparison because CMS’s current data marks it as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
1 hospital on District of Columbia’s general acute-care/critical-access hospital list was excluded because CMS’s current data marks it as not providing inpatient labor & delivery care.
Every hospital in District of Columbia that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sibley Memorial Hospital | Washington, The District County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Medstar Georgetown University Hospital | Washington, The District County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Medstar Washington Hospital Center | Washington, The District County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| George Washington Univ Hospital | Washington, The District County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Howard University Hospital Corp | Washington, The District County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 51% 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 the District of Columbia, 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 the District of Columbia.
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).”
- 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.
