facebook tracking 61 Birthing-friendly Hospitals in Missouri

Birthing-friendly hospitals in Missouri

Birthing-friendly hospitals › Missouri

Missouri has 61 birthing-friendly hospitals. 61 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 14 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
St Johns Hospital - Aurora Aurora 2 hr 9 min —
Citizens Memorial Hospital Bolivar 3 hr 6 min 3/5
Citizens Memorial Hospital Bolivar 3 hr 6 min 3/5
Skaggs Community Health Center Branson 3 hr 38 min 4/5
Skaggs Community Health Center Branson 3 hr 38 min 4/5
SSM Depaul Health Center Bridgeton 3 hr 33 min 4/5
Southeast Missouri Hospital Cape Girardeau 2 hr 49 min 2/5
St Francis Medical Center Cape Girardeau 4 hr 7 min 3/5
St Lukes Hospital Chesterfield 3 hr 32 min 4/5
Golden Valley Memorial Hospital Clinton 2 hr 46 min 3/5
Boone Hospital Center Columbia 2 hr 55 min 4/5
University Hospitals & Clinics Columbia 3 hr 42 min 3/5
University of Missouri Health Care Columbia 3 hr 42 min 3/5
Jefferson Memorial Hospital Crystal City 3 hr 22 min 4/5
Jefferson Regional Medical Center Crystal City 3 hr 22 min 4/5
Parkland Health Center Farmington 3 hr 22 min 4/5
SSM St Clare Health Center Fenton 3 hr 20 min 4/5
Hannibal Regional Hospital Hannibal 2 hr 25 min 2/5
Hannibal Regional Hospital Hannibal 2 hr 25 min 2/5
Texas County Memorial Hospital Houston 2 hr 3 min 2/5
Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence, LLC Independence 2 hr 50 min 3/5
Independence Reg Health Ctr Independence 2 hr 50 min 3/5
St Marys Health Center Jefferson City 2 hr 48 min 3/5
Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin 3 hr 48 min 2/5
St John's Regional Medical Center Joplin 3 hr 46 min 1/5
Research Medical Center Kansas City 1 hr 30 min 2/5
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City Kansas City 3 hr 46 min 5/5
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill Kansas City 3 hr 44 min 3/5
Truman Medical Center Lakewood Kansas City 2 hr 30 min 4/5
Northeast Regional Medical Center Kirksville 2 hr 30 min 2/5
SSM St Joseph Hospital West Lake St Louis 3 hr 35 min 3/5
St Johns Hospital-Lebanon Lebanon 2 hr 31 min 4/5
Saint Luke's East Lee's Summit Hospital Lee's Summit 4 hr 7 min 4/5
Liberty Hospital Liberty 3 hr 14 min 2/5
Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital Marshall 1 hr 24 min 2/5
Nevada Regional Medical Center Nevada 1 hr 35 min —
North Kansas City Hospital North Kansas City 3 hr 4/5
Progress West Healthcare Center O'fallon 3 hr 23 min 4/5
Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach 2 hr 50 min 3/5
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center Poplar Bluff 2 hr 53 min 2/5
SSM St Marys Health Center Richmond Heights 2 hr 46 min 3/5
Phelps County Regional Medical Center Rolla 3 hr 31 min 2/5
Bothwell Regional Health Center Sedalia 3 hr 18 min 4/5
Missouri Delta Medical Center Sikeston 3 hr 22 min 2/5
Saint Luke's Northland Hosp Smithville 2 hr 59 min 5/5
Cox Medical Center Springfield 3 hr 39 min 3/5
Lester E Cox Medical Centers Springfield 3 hr 39 min 3/5
St John's Regional Health Center Springfield 4 hr 59 min 3/5
Heartland Regional Medical Center St Joseph 2 hr 33 min 4/5
Barnes Jewish Hospital St Louis 4 hr 37 min 4/5
SSM St Joseph Hosp of Kirkwood St Louis 3 hr 20 min 4/5
SSM St Mary's Health Center St Louis 2 hr 46 min 3/5
St Anthony's Medical Center St Louis 4 hr 14 min 2/5
St John's Mercy Medical Center St Louis 3 hr 40 min 4/5
St Johns Mercy Medical Center St Louis 3 hr 40 min 4/5
Ste Genevieve County Memorial Hospital Ste Genevieve 1 hr 43 min 4/5
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital Sullivan 2 hr 55 min 2/5
Missouri Baptist Medical Center Town and Country 4 hr 22 min 5/5
Western Missouri Medical Center Warrensburg 2 hr 20 min 4/5
St Johns Mercy Hospital Washington 2 hr 39 min 4/5
Ozarks Medical Center West Plains 3 hr 2 min 2/5

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