Where to Give Birth in Maryland (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.
Maryland has 33 hospitals that provide labor and delivery care, spread across 24 cities. This page compares them on two things: whether CMS has designated the hospital Birthing-Friendly, and the hospital’s overall CMS star rating. Ten hospitals in Maryland were excluded from this comparison because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
33
Hospitals providing labor & delivery
31
Birthing-Friendly designated (93.9%)
32
Have a published CMS star rating (97.0%)
1
Not rated by CMS
10 hospitals on Maryland’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 Maryland that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calverthealth Medical Center | Prince Frederick, Calvert County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Greater Baltimore Medical Center | Baltimore, Baltimore County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 77% would definitely recommend |
| Johns Hopkins Hospital, The | Baltimore, Baltimore City County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 81% would definitely recommend |
| University Of Md Baltimore Washington Medical Center | Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| University Of Md St Joseph Medical Center | Towson, Baltimore County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| Garrett Regional Medical Center | Oakland, Garrett County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Medstar Harbor Hospital | Baltimore, Baltimore City County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Medstar Saint Mary’S Hospital | Leonardtown, St. Marys County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Tidalhealth Peninsula Regional, Inc | Salisbury, Wicomico County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Union Hospital Of Cecil County | Elkton, Cecil County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| University Of Md Shore Medical Center At Easton | Easton, Talbot County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 51% would definitely recommend |
| Western Maryland Regional Medical Center | Cumberland, Allegany County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center | Silver Spring, Montgomery County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Carroll Hospital Center | Westminster, Carroll County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| Frederick Health Hospital | Frederick, Frederick County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center | Baltimore, Baltimore City County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center | Columbia, Howard County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Inc | Annapolis, Anne Arundel County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center | Rosedale, Baltimore County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 57% would definitely recommend |
| Medstar Montgomery Medical Center | Olney, Montgomery County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 61% would definitely recommend |
| Mercy Medical Center Inc | Baltimore, Baltimore City County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Meritus Medical Center | Hagerstown, Washington County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Saint Agnes Hospital | Baltimore, Baltimore City County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | No | Not reported | 2/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| Sinai Hospital Of Baltimore | Baltimore, Baltimore City County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 61% would definitely recommend |
| University Of Maryland Medical Center | Baltimore, Baltimore City County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| University Of Md Charles Regional Medical Center | La Plata, Charles County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center | Rockville, Montgomery County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Holy Cross Hospital | Silver Spring, Montgomery County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center | Clinton, Prince Georges County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 48% would definitely recommend |
| Umd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center | Bel Air, Harford County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| Holy Cross Germantown Hospital | Germantown, Montgomery County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| University Of Md Capital Region Medical Center | Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 57% would definitely recommend |
| Umd Rehabilitation & Orthopaedic Institute | Baltimore, Baltimore 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 a severe-maternal-complication rate in its current data release, and that is true nationwide, not specific to Maryland, 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 Maryland.
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.
