Where to Give Birth in New Jersey (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.
New Jersey has 46 hospitals in CMS’s Care Compare data that provide labor and delivery care, spread across 43 cities. This page compares those hospitals using CMS’s Birthing-Friendly designation and its overall hospital star rating. Fifteen hospitals in New Jersey were excluded from this page because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
46
Hospitals providing labor & delivery
45
Birthing-Friendly designated (97.8%)
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Have a published CMS star rating (100.0%)
0
Not rated by CMS
15 hospitals on New Jersey’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 New Jersey that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilton Medical Center | Pompton Plains, Morris County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical | Westwood, Bergen County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Hackensack University Medical Center | Hackensack, Bergen County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| Holy Name Medical Center | Teaneck, Bergen County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 73% would definitely recommend |
| Morristown Medical Center | Morristown, Morris County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 80% would definitely recommend |
| Overlook Medical Center | Summit, Union County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Atlanticare Regional Medical Center – City Campus | Atlantic City, Atlantic County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Centrastate Medical Center | Freehold, Monmouth County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Englewood Hospital And Medical Center | Englewood, Bergen County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 78% would definitely recommend |
| Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical | Montclair, Essex County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Hunterdon Medical Center | Flemington, Hunterdon County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center | Neptune, Monmouth County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Newton Medical Center | Newton, Sussex County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Ocean Medical Center | Brick, Ocean County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center | Perth Amboy, Middlesex County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 61% would definitely recommend |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center | Manahawkin, Ocean County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| University Medical Center Of Princeton At Plainsboro | Plainsboro, Middlesex County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Valley Hospital | Paramus, Bergen County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 79% would definitely recommend |
| Clara Maass Medical Center | Belleville, Essex County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center | Livingston, Essex County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill | Elmer, Salem County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Inspira Medical Center Vineland | Vineland, Cumberland County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 57% would definitely recommend |
| Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City, Hudson County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Jfk University Medical Center | Edison, Middlesex County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 56% would definitely recommend |
| Monmouth Medical Center | Long Branch, Monmouth County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Riverview Medical Center | Red Bank, Monmouth County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Somerset | Somerville, Somerset County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Saint Peter’S University Hospital | New Brunswick, Middlesex County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Shore Medical Center | Somers Point, Atlantic County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| St Joseph’S University Medical Center Inc | Paterson, Passaic County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 58% would definitely recommend |
| St Mary’S General Hospital | Passaic, Passaic County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 61% would definitely recommend |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center | Elizabeth, Union County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Virtua Mount Holly Hospital | Mount Holly, Burlington County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| West Jersey Hospital | Voorhees, Camden County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell | Pennington, Mercer County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Cooper University Hospital | Camden, Camden County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Jefferson Stratford Hospital | Stratford, Camden County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Newark, Essex County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Palisades Medical Center | North Bergen, Hudson County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital | New Brunswick, Middlesex County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Saint Clare’S Hospital/ Denville Campus | Denville, Morris County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Virtua Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital | Camden, Camden County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| Carepoint Health-Hoboken University Medical Center | Hoboken, Hudson County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 50% would definitely recommend |
| Carewell Health Medical Center | East Orange, Essex County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | No | Not reported | 1/5 stars · 42% would definitely recommend |
| Community Medical Center | Toms River, Ocean County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 58% would definitely recommend |
| The University Hospital | Newark, Essex County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 56% 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 New Jersey, 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 New Jersey.
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.
