Birthing-friendly hospitals in North Carolina

Birthing-friendly hospitals › North Carolina

North Carolina has 83 birthing-friendly hospitals. 83 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 11 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
Roanoke Chowan Hospital	Ahoskie	2 hr 20 min	2/5
Stanly Regional Medical Center	Albemarle	2 hr 24 min	3/5
Randolph Hospital	Asheboro	3 hr 36 min	4/5
Memorial Mission Hospital and Asheville Surgery Ce	Asheville	2 hr 43 min	3/5
Watauga Medical Center	Boone	3 hr 12 min	3/5
Watauga Medical Center	Boone	3 hr 12 min	3/5
Alamance Regional Medical Center	Burlington	3 hr 48 min	3/5
Wakemed, Cary Hospital	Cary	3 hr 16 min	5/5
University of North Carolina Hospital	Chapel Hill	4 hr 28 min	5/5
Carolinas Med Center-Mercy	Charlotte	2 hr 40 min	3/5
Carolinas Med Ctr-University	Charlotte	2 hr 28 min	3/5
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health	Charlotte	3 hr 16 min	4/5
Presbyterian Hospital	Charlotte	2 hr 42 min	5/5
Presbyterian Hospital	Charlotte	2 hr 42 min	5/5
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center	Charlotte	3 hr 12 min	—
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center	Charlotte	3 hr 10 min	5/5
Sampson Regional Medical Center	Clinton	2 hr 7 min	2/5
Haywood Regional Medical Center	Clyde	3 hr 13 min	3/5
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast	Concord	3 hr 6 min	4/5
Duke University Hospital	Durham	5 hr 17 min	5/5
Duke University Medical Center	Durham	5 hr 17 min	5/5
Durham Regional Hospital	Durham	4 hr 15 min	5/5
Morehead Memorial Hospital	Eden	3 hr 7 min	4/5
Chowan Hospital	Edenton	2 hr 44 min	3/5
Albemarle Hospital Authority	Elizabeth City	2 hr 28 min	3/5
Cape Fear Valley Medical Center	Fayetteville	3 hr 36 min	2/5
Park Ridge Hospital	Fletcher	2 hr 44 min	5/5
Park Ridge Hospital	Fletcher	2 hr 44 min	5/5
Gaston Memorial Hospital	Gastonia	3 hr 12 min	4/5
Wayne Memorial Hospital	Goldsboro	3 hr 10 min	3/5
Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital, the	Greensboro	3 hr 44 min	3/5
Pitt County Memorial Hospital	Greenville	4 hr 49 min	2/5
Maria Parham Hospital	Henderson	2 hr 48 min	2/5
Maria Parham Hospital	Henderson	2 hr 48 min	2/5
Margaret R Pardee Mem Hospital	Hendersonville	2 hr 38 min	5/5
Margaret R Pardee Memorial Hospital	Hendersonville	2 hr 38 min	5/5
Catawba Valley Medical Center	Hickory	3 hr 48 min	2/5
Frye Regional Medical Center	Hickory	2 hr 54 min	2/5
High Point Regional Hlth Syst	High Point	4 hr 7 min	2/5
High Point Regional Hospital	High Point	4 hr 7 min	2/5
Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville	Huntersville	3 hr 24 min	4/5
Onslow Memorial Hospital	Jacksonville	3 hr 7 min	1/5
Duplin General Hospital	Kenansville	2 hr 50 min	3/5
Lenoir Memorial Hospital	Kinston	3 hr 14 min	4/5
Scotland Memorial Hospital	Laurinburg	3 hr 15 min	3/5
Carolinas Medical Center-Lincoln	Lincolnton	2 hr 57 min	3/5
Southeastern Regional Medical Center	Lumberton	4 hr 8 min	2/5
McDowell Hospital	Marion	2 hr 24 min	3/5
The McDowell Hospital	Marion	2 hr 24 min	3/5
Presbyterian Hospital Matthews	Matthews	4 hr 4 min	5/5
Presbyterian Hospital-Matthews	Matthews	4 hr 4 min	5/5
Carolinas Medical Center-Union	Monroe	2 hr 12 min	4/5
Lake Norman Regional Medical Center	Mooresville	3 hr 10 min	1/5
Carteret General Hospital	Morehead City	3 hr 45 min	2/5
Grace Hospital INC	Morganton	2 hr 53 min	4/5
Northern Hospital of Surry County	Mt Airy	3 hr 12 min	4/5
The Outer Banks Hospital, INC	Nags Head	3 hr 28 min	4/5
Carolina East Medical Center	New Bern	3 hr 36 min	4/5
Wilkes Regional Medical Center	North Wilkesboro	2 hr 44 min	3/5
Granville Medical Center	Oxford	3 hr 11 min	2/5
Granville Medical Center	Oxford	3 hr 11 min	2/5
Firsthealth Moore Regional Hospital	Pinehurst	3 hr 21 min	4/5
Rex Hospital	Raleigh	3 hr 22 min	5/5
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus	Raleigh	3 hr 24 min	4/5
Halifax Regional Medical Center INC	Roanoke Rapids	3 hr 32 min	2/5
Nash General Hospital	Rocky Mount	3 hr 20 min	4/5
Rutherford Hospital INC	Rutherfordton	2 hr 24 min	2/5
Rowan Regional Medical Center	Salisbury	3 hr 25 min	4/5
Central Carolina Hospital	Sanford	2 hr 52 min	2/5
Cleveland Regional Medical Center	Shelby	2 hr 40 min	3/5
Chatham Hospital INC	Siler City	3 hr 42 min	4/5
Johnston Memorial Hospital	Smithfield	3 hr 7 min	4/5
Iredell Memorial Hospital INC	Statesville	3 hr 6 min	3/5
Brunswick Community Hospital	Supply	3 hr 1 min	4/5
C J Harris Community Hospital	Sylva	2 hr 54 min	3/5
Heritage Hospital	Tarboro	3 hr 59 min	3/5
Thomasville Medical Center	Thomasville	2 hr 56 min	3/5
Thomasville Medical Center	Thomasville	2 hr 56 min	3/5
Columbus Regional Healthcare System	Whiteville	2 hr 57 min	1/5
New Hanover Regional Medical Center	Wilmington	3 hr 24 min	3/5
Wilson Medical Center	Wilson	3 hr 11 min	1/5
Forsyth Memorial Hospital	Winston-Salem	3 hr 26 min	4/5
North Carolina Baptist Hospital	Winston-Salem	3 hr 3 min	4/5

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