Where to Give Birth in New York (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 York has 112 hospitals that provide labor and delivery care, spread across 79 cities. This page compares those hospitals on two measures from CMS’s Care Compare data: whether a hospital holds CMS’s Birthing-Friendly designation and its overall hospital star rating. Thirty-seven hospitals in New York were excluded from this comparison because CMS’s current data marks them as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
112
Hospitals providing labor & delivery
101
Birthing-Friendly designated (90.2%)
102
Have a published CMS star rating (91.1%)
10
Not rated by CMS
37 hospitals on New York’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 York that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson Valley Hospital Center | Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Lenox Hill Hospital | New York, New York County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Mercy Medical Center | Rockville Centre, Nassau County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| New York-Presbyterian Hospital | New York, New York County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| New York-Presbyterian/Queens | Flushing, Queens County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| North Shore University Hospital | Manhasset, Nassau County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| Northern Westchester Hospital | Mount Kisco, Westchester County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 78% would definitely recommend |
| Ns/Lij Hs Huntington Hospital | Huntington, Suffolk County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 73% would definitely recommend |
| Nyu Langone Hospitals | New York, New York County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 75% would definitely recommend |
| St Charles Hospital | Port Jefferson, Suffolk County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 77% would definitely recommend |
| Suny/Stony Brook University Hospital | Stony Brook, Suffolk County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| White Plains Hospital Center | White Plains, Westchester County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Adirondack Medical Center – Saranac Lake | Saranac Lake, Franklin County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 5/5 stars · 83% would definitely recommend |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital | Elizabethtown, Essex County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | Not reported · 92% would definitely recommend |
| Garnet Health Medical Center | Middletown, Orange County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Jones Memorial Hospital | Wellsville, Allegany County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Long Island Jewish Medical Center | New Hyde Park, Nassau County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Mount Sinai Hospital | New York, New York County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Mount Sinai West | New York, New York County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Northern Dutchess Hospital | Rhinebeck, Dutchess County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 83% would definitely recommend |
| Phelps Hospital | Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| St Anthony Community Hospital | Warwick, Orange County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Cayuga Medical Center At Ithaca | Ithaca, Tompkins County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Corning Hospital | Corning, Steuben County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Ellis Hospital | Schenectady, Schenectady County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 61% would definitely recommend |
| Glens Falls Hospital | Glens Falls, Warren County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center | West Islip, Suffolk County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern | Suffern, Rockland County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 56% would definitely recommend |
| Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center | Cortland, Cortland County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 54% would definitely recommend |
| Highland Hospital | Rochester, Monroe County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Kaleida Health | Buffalo, Erie County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center | New York, New York County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Montefiore Medical Center | Bronx, Bronx County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Mount Sinai South Nassau | Oceanside, Nassau County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital | Dansville, Livingston County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Ns/Lij Hs Southside Hospital | Bay Shore, Suffolk County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Oswego Hospital | Oswego, Oswego County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | No | No | 4/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Our Lady Of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc | Binghamton, Broome County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Putnam Hospital Center | Carmel, Putnam County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Samaritan Hospital Of Troy, New York | Troy, Rensselaer County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Saratoga Hospital | Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 77% would definitely recommend |
| Sisters Of Charity Hospital | Buffalo, Erie County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| St John’S Riverside Hospital | Yonkers, Westchester County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| St Marys Healthcare | Amsterdam, Montgomery County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Staten Island University Hospital | Staten Island, Richmond County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 57% would definitely recommend |
| Strong Memorial Hospital | Rochester, Monroe County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center | Syracuse, Onondaga County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 73% would definitely recommend |
| Vassar Brothers Medical Center | Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center | Elmira, Chemung County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 58% would definitely recommend |
| Auburn Community Hospital | Auburn, Cayuga County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 50% would definitely recommend |
| Bassett Healthcare | Cooperstown, Otsego County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 61% would definitely recommend |
| Bellevue Hospital Center | New York, New York County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 65% would definitely recommend |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center – Downtown Campus | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 57% would definitely recommend |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital | Potsdam, St. Lawrence County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Chenango Memorial Hospital | Norwich, Chenango County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 73% would definitely recommend |
| Crouse Hospital | Syracuse, Onondaga County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Elmhurst Hospital Center | Elmhurst, Queens County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| F F Thompson Hospital | Canandaigua, Ontario County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center | Flushing, Queens County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Garnet Health Medical Center Catskills | Harris, Sullivan County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 49% would definitely recommend |
| Harlem Hospital Center | New York, New York County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 49% would definitely recommend |
| Jacobi Medical Center | Bronx, Bronx County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 61% would definitely recommend |
| Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center | Bronx, Bronx County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 52% would definitely recommend |
| Maimonides Medical Center | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Mercy Hospital Of Buffalo | Buffalo, Erie County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Montefiore St Luke’S Cornwall | Newburgh, Orange County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Nathan Littauer Hospital | Gloversville, Fulton County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital | Newark, Wayne County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Nyack Hospital | Nyack, Rockland County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 58% would definitely recommend |
| Oneida Health Hospital | Oneida, Madison County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Peconic Bay Medical Center | Riverhead, Suffolk County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 69% would definitely recommend |
| Queens Hospital Center | Jamaica, Queens County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Rochester General Hospital | Rochester, Monroe County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Rome Memorial Hospital, Inc | Rome, Oneida County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Samaritan Medical Center | Watertown, Jefferson County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 59% would definitely recommend |
| South Brooklyn Health | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| St Joseph’S Hospital Health Center | Syracuse, Onondaga County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| St Peter’S Hospital | Albany, Albany County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 77% would definitely recommend |
| The University Of Vermont Health Network – Champl | Plattsburgh, Clinton County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| United Health Services Hospitals, Inc | Binghamton, Broome County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| United Memorial Medical Center | Batavia, Genesee County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Unity Hospital | Rochester, Monroe County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Upmc Chautauqua At Wca | Jamestown, Chautauqua County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 54% would definitely recommend |
| Westchester Medical Center | Valhalla, Westchester County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| Wyckoff Heights Medical Center | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 62% would definitely recommend |
| Albany Medical Center Hospital | Albany, Albany County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 57% would definitely recommend |
| Bronxcare Hospital Center | Bronx, Bronx County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 56% would definitely recommend |
| Brookdale Hospital Medical Center | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 42% would definitely recommend |
| Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus | Kingston, Ulster County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 52% would definitely recommend |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center | Jamaica, Queens County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Kings County Hospital Center | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 66% would definitely recommend |
| Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital | New Rochelle, Westchester County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 60% would definitely recommend |
| Nassau University Medical Center | East Meadow, Nassau County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 47% would definitely recommend |
| New York Community Hospital Of Brooklyn, Inc. | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | No | Not reported | 1/5 stars · 51% would definitely recommend |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center | Niagara Falls, Niagara County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| Olean General Hospital | Olean, Cattaraugus County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 42% would definitely recommend |
| Richmond University Medical Center | Staten Island, Richmond County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 1/5 stars · 47% would definitely recommend |
| St Barnabas Hospital | Bronx, Bronx County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 55% would definitely recommend |
| St John’S Episcopal Hospital At South Shore | Far Rockaway, Queens County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 56% would definitely recommend |
| Suny/Downstate University Hospital Of Brooklyn | Brooklyn, Kings County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Wynn Hospital | Utica, Oneida County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | Yes | Yes | 2/5 stars · 51% would definitely recommend |
| Carthage Area Hospital, Inc | Carthage, Jefferson County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Carthage Area Hospital, Inc | Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Cuba Memorial Hospital, Inc | Cuba, Allegany County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Lewis County General Hospital | Lowville, Lewis County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Medina Memorial Hospital | Medina, Orleans County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| River Hospital Clinics | Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 89% would definitely recommend |
| Schuyler Hospital | Montour Falls, Schuyler County | Not rated | Yes | Yes | Not reported · 63% would definitely recommend |
| Sunnyview Hospital And Rehabilitation Center | Schenectady, Schenectady County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Unity Specialty Hospital | Rochester, Monroe County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · Not reported would definitely recommend |
| Wyoming County | Warsaw, Wyoming County | Not rated | No | Not reported | 4/5 stars · 67% 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 something specific to New York, 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 York.
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.
