Where to Give Birth in Massachusetts (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.
Massachusetts has 42 hospitals in CMS’s Care Compare data that provide labor and delivery care, spread across 33 cities. This page compares those hospitals using CMS’s Birthing-Friendly designation and its overall hospital star rating. Seventeen hospitals in Massachusetts were excluded from this page because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
42
Hospitals providing labor & delivery
38
Birthing-Friendly designated (90.5%)
38
Have a published CMS star rating (90.5%)
4
Not rated by CMS
17 hospitals on Massachusetts’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 Massachusetts that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham And Women’S Hospital | Boston, Suffolk County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 81% would definitely recommend |
| Emerson Hospital – | W Concord, Middlesex County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Fairview Hospital | Great Barrington, Berkshire County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 5/5 stars · 93% would definitely recommend |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, Suffolk County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 85% would definitely recommend |
| Newton-Wellesley Hospital | Newton, Middlesex County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| North Shore Medical Center – | Salem, Essex County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Berkshire Medical Center | Pittsfield, Berkshire County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 56% would definitely recommend |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth | Plymouth, Plymouth County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Martha’S Vineyard Hospital Inc | Oak Bluffs, Dukes County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 78% would definitely recommend |
| Milford Regional Medical Center | Milford, Worcester County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 77% would definitely recommend |
| Mount Auburn Hospital | Cambridge, Middlesex County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group | Fall River, Bristol County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Anna Jaques Hospital | Newburyport, Essex County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 61% would definitely recommend |
| Baystate Franklin Medical Center | Greenfield, Franklin County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston, Suffolk County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston, Suffolk County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 73% would definitely recommend |
| Boston Medical Center-Brighton | Brighton, Suffolk County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Cambridge Health Alliance | Cambridge, Middlesex County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Melrosewakefield Healthcare | Melrose, Middlesex County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Nantucket Cottage Hospital | Nantucket, Nantucket County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | Not reported · 82% would definitely recommend |
| Northeast Hospital Corporation | Beverly, Essex County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital | Brockton, Plymouth County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Sturdy Memorial Hospital | Attleboro, Bristol County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus | Worcester, Worcester County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Winchester Hospital | Winchester, Middlesex County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Baystate Medical Center | Springfield, Hampden County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Cape Cod Hospital | Hyannis, Barnstable County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,The | Northampton, Hampshire County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| Good Samaritan Medical Center | Brockton, Plymouth County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 51% would definitely recommend |
| Heywood Hospital – | Gardner, Worcester County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Holy Family Hospital | Methuen, Essex County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 53% would definitely recommend |
| Lowell General Hospital | Lowell, Middlesex County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Mercy Medical Ctr | Springfield, Hampden County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Merrimack Health Lawrence Hospital | Lawrence, Essex County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| South Shore Hospital | South Weymouth, Norfolk County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| St Vincent Hospital | Worcester, Worcester County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 52% would definitely recommend |
| Tufts Medical Center | Boston, Suffolk County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| Metrowest Medical Center | Framingham, Middlesex County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 42% would definitely recommend |
| Carney Hospital | Boston, Suffolk County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Nashoba Valley Medical Center | Ayer, Middlesex County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| North Adams Regional Hospital Corporation | North Adams, Berkshire County | Not rated | No | Not reported | 5/5 stars · 90% would definitely recommend |
| Norwood Hospital | Norwood, Norfolk 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 Massachusetts, so this page cannot show either number for any hospital listed here. 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 Massachusetts.
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.
