Where to Give Birth in Vermont (2026): Hospitals Compared with CMS Data
Vermont has 13 hospitals in CMS’s Care Compare data that provide inpatient labor and delivery care, spread across 13 cities. This page compares those hospitals on two measures: CMS’s Birthing-Friendly designation and their overall hospital star rating. 1 hospital in Vermont’s CMS data was excluded from this comparison because CMS’s current data marks it as not providing inpatient labor and delivery care.
1 hospital on Vermont’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 Vermont that provides labor & delivery care
| Hospital | Location | CMS Overall Rating | Birthing-Friendly | Maternal safety bundle adopted | Patient experience (HCAHPS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gifford Medical Center | Randolph, Orange County | ★★★★★ 5/5 | No | Not reported | 4/5 stars · 81% would definitely recommend |
| Northwestern Medical Center Inc | Saint Albans, Franklin County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Univ. Of Vermont – Fletcher Allen Health Care | Burlington, Chittenden County | ★★★★☆ 4/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 76% would definitely recommend |
| Brattleboro Memorial Hospital | Brattleboro, Windham County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 64% would definitely recommend |
| Central Vermont Medical Center | Barre, Washington County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 71% would definitely recommend |
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital | Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 4/5 stars · 74% would definitely recommend |
| Porter Hospital Inc | Middlebury, Addison County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 67% would definitely recommend |
| Rutland Regional Medical Center | Rutland, Rutland County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 70% would definitely recommend |
| Southwestern Vermont Medical Center | Bennington, Bennington County | ★★★☆☆ 3/5 | Yes | Yes | 3/5 stars · 72% would definitely recommend |
| Copley Hospital | Morrisville, Lamoille County | ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 | No | Not reported | 4/5 stars · 82% would definitely recommend |
| North Country Hospital And Health Center | Newport, Orleans County | ★☆☆☆☆ 1/5 | No | Not reported | 4/5 stars · 68% would definitely recommend |
| Mt Ascutney Hospital | Windsor, Windsor County | Not rated | No | Not reported | 4/5 stars · 84% would definitely recommend |
| Springfield Hospital | Springfield, Windsor County | Not rated | No | Not reported | Not reported · 52% 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 Vermont, 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 Vermont.
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.
