Birthing-friendly hospitals in Minnesota

Birthing-friendly hospitals › Minnesota

Minnesota has 67 birthing-friendly hospitals. 67 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 26 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
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea and Austin	Albert Lea	2 hr 4 min	5/5
Alomere Health	Alexandria	2 hr 16 min	4/5
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center	Bemidji	3 hr 13 min	4/5
United Hospital District	Blue Earth	2 hr 8 min	5/5
Essentia Health St Joseph's Medical Center	Brainerd	1 hr 54 min	3/5
Buffalo Hospital	Buffalo	2 hr 18 min	5/5
Fairview Ridges Hospital	Burnsville	3 hr 10 min	4/5
Mercy Hospital	Coon Rapids	2 hr 58 min	3/5
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center	Crosby	1 hr 42 min	3/5
St Marys Regional Health Center	Detroit Lakes	2 hr 20 min	4/5
Essentia Health Duluth	Duluth	not reported	—
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical Center	Duluth	3 hr 21 min	4/5
St Lukes Hospital	Duluth	3 hr 47 min	3/5
Fairview Southdale Hospital	Edina	3 hr 24 min	5/5
Fairmont Medical Center	Fairmont	1 hr 39 min	5/5
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center	Faribault	2 hr 8 min	3/5
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center	Faribault	2 hr 8 min	3/5
Glencoe Regional Health Services	Glencoe	2 hr 38 min	—
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital	Grand Rapids	2 hr 29 min	4/5
Itasca Medical Center	Grand Rapids	2 hr 29 min	4/5
Range Regional Health Services	Hibbing	2 hr 49 min	4/5
Hutchinson Area Health Care	Hutchinson	2 hr 20 min	3/5
St Gabriels Hospital	Little Falls	2 hr 21 min	4/5
Centracare Health System - Long Prairie	Long Prairie	2 hr 3 min	—
Mayo Clinic Health System - Mankato	Mankato	3 hr 3 min	5/5
Maple Grove Hospital	Maple Grove	3 hr 14 min	5/5
Healtheast St John's Hospital	Maplewood	3 hr 8 min	5/5
Avera Marshall Regional Medical Ctr	Marshall	2 hr 6 min	—
Centracare Health System - Melrose Hospital	Melrose	2 hr 21 min	5/5
Abbott Northwestern Hospital INC	Minneapolis	3 hr 3 min	4/5
Hennepin County Medical Center	Minneapolis	3 hr 55 min	3/5
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview	Minneapolis	2 hr 54 min	4/5
Centracare Health - Monticello	Monticello	2 hr 12 min	—
Essentia Health Moose Lake	Moose Lake	1 hr 52 min	—
Stevens Community Medical Center	Morris	2 hr 46 min	—
New Ulm Medical Center	New Ulm	1 hr 40 min	5/5
Northfield Hospital	Northfield	2 hr 24 min	4/5
Northfield Hospital	Northfield	2 hr 24 min	4/5
Ortonville Area Health Services	Ortonville	2 hr	—
Owatonna Hospital	Owatonna	1 hr 56 min	5/5
Owatonna Hospital	Owatonna	1 hr 56 min	5/5
Paynesville Area Hospital	Paynesville	2 hr 4 min	—
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital	Princeton	2 hr 30 min	4/5
Fairview Red Wing Hospital	Red Wing	2 hr 32 min	4/5
Fairview Red Wing Hospital	Red Wing	2 hr 32 min	4/5
Redwood Area Hospital	Redwood Falls	2 hr 8 min	—
North Memorial Medical Center	Robbinsdale	3 hr 24 min	1/5
Mayo Clinic - Saint Marys Hospital	Rochester	4 hr 6 min	5/5
Olmsted Medical Center	Rochester	2 hr 15 min	4/5
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital	Saint Louis Park	4 hr 17 min	3/5
Centracare Health System - Sauk Centre	Sauk Centre	1 hr 49 min	—
St Francis Regional Medical Center	Shakopee	2 hr 31 min	3/5
St Cloud Hospital	St Cloud	3 hr 37 min	4/5
Regions Hospital	St Paul	3 hr 51 min	3/5
St John's Hospital	St Paul	3 hr 8 min	5/5
United Hospital	St Paul	3 hr 2 min	3/5
Lakeview Memorial Hospital	Stillwater	2 hr 48 min	4/5
Sanford Medical Center Thief River Falls	Thief River Falls	1 hr 47 min	—
Virginia Regional Medical Center	Virginia	2 hr 11 min	4/5
Ridgeview Medical Center	Waconia	2 hr 20 min	4/5
Astera Health	Wadena	2 hr 18 min	3/5
Rice Memorial Hospital	Willmar	2 hr 26 min	3/5
Winona Health Services	Winona	2 hr 22 min	2/5
Healtheast Woodwinds Hospital	Woodbury	2 hr 38 min	4/5
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center	Woodrow	3 hr 13 min	4/5
Sanford Worthington Medical Center	Worthington	1 hr 55 min	4/5
Fairview Lakes Health Services	Wyoming	3 hr 6 min	3/5

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