Birthing-friendly hospitals in Maryland

Birthing-friendly hospitals › Maryland

Maryland has 37 birthing-friendly hospitals. 36 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 4 hr 6 min.

The birthing-friendly designation marks hospitals that have attested to taking part in a maternity care quality improvement programme and to implementing recommended patient safety practices. It reflects participation in those programmes rather than a measured birth outcome, so treat it as one signal among several when choosing where to give birth.

Hospital	City	ER wait	CMS rating
Anne Arundel Medical Center	Annapolis	4 hr 5 min	3/5
Anne Arundel Medical Center	Annapolis	4 hr 5 min	3/5
Harbor Hospital Center	Baltimore	3 hr 32 min	4/5
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Baltimore	5 hr 22 min	3/5
Mercy Medical Center INC	Baltimore	3 hr 57 min	3/5
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore	Baltimore	4 hr 17 min	3/5
The Johns Hopkins Hospital	Baltimore	5 hr 8 min	5/5
University of Maryland Medical Center	Baltimore	5 hr 9 min	3/5
Upper Chesapeake Medical Center	Bel Air	3 hr 59 min	2/5
Harbor Hospital	Brooklyn	3 hr 32 min	4/5
Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center	Clinton	5 hr 56 min	2/5
Howard County General Hospital	Columbia	4 hr 26 min	3/5
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center	Cumberland	3 hr 55 min	4/5
Western Maryland Regional Medical Center	Cumberland	3 hr 55 min	4/5
Memorial Hospital at Easton	Easton	2 hr 59 min	4/5
Union Hospital of Cecil County	Elkton	3 hr 48 min	4/5
Frederick Memorial Hospital	Frederick	3 hr 50 min	3/5
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital	Germantown	3 hr 53 min	1/5
Baltimore Washington Medical Center	Glen Burnie	not reported	5/5
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	4 hr 10 min	3/5
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	4 hr 10 min	3/5
University of MD Capital Region Medical Center	Hyattsville	4 hr 6 min	1/5
University of MD Charles Regional Medical Center	La Plata	4 hr 22 min	3/5
University of MD Charles Regional Medical Center	La Plata	4 hr 22 min	3/5
Saint Mary's Hospital	Leonardtown	4 hr 16 min	4/5
St Mary's Hospital	Leonardtown	4 hr 16 min	4/5
Garrett County Memorial Hospital	Oakland	2 hr 6 min	4/5
Montgomery General Hospital INC	Olney	4 hr 19 min	3/5
Calverthealth Medical Center	Prince Frederick	3 hr 14 min	5/5
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital	Rockville	3 hr 24 min	2/5
Franklin Square Hospital Center	Rosedale	6 hr 7 min	3/5
Peninsula Regional Medical Center	Salisbury	2 hr 57 min	4/5
Holy Cross Hospital	Silver Spring	5 hr 14 min	2/5
Washington Adventist Hospital	Takoma Park	4 hr 56 min	3/5
Greater Baltimore Medical Center	Towson	3 hr 48 min	5/5
University of MD St Joseph Medical Center	Towson	4 hr 24 min	5/5
Carroll Hospital Center	Westminster	3 hr 34 min	3/5

Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Maryland, or Birthing-friendly hospitals in other states. How this data works.