facebook tracking Birthing-Friendly Hospitals in Pennsylvania: 79

Birthing-friendly hospitals in Pennsylvania

79 birthing-friendly hospitals. Addresses, emergency services and Medicare ratings for each.

According to HospitalsInEachState.com's analysis of the October 2026 CMS release, Pennsylvania has 79 birthing-friendly hospitals. 79 of 79 have an emergency room; among the 79 that report ER times, the middle typical ER visit lasts 3 hr 20 min.

CMS's Birthing-Friendly designation marks hospitals taking part in a maternal-care quality program; hospitals without it may also deliver babies.

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Birthing-friendly hospitals79in Pennsylvania
With an ER79of 79
Median ER visit3 hr 20 minwhere reported
Medicare-rated78average 3.6 stars

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

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Every birthing-friendly hospital in Pennsylvania

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Abington Memorial HospitalAbington Abington 4 hr 16 min 3 of 5
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown Allentown 3 hr 1 min 4 of 5
Altoona Regional Health SystemAltoona Altoona 3 hr 46 min 3 of 5
St. Luke's University Hospital – BethlehemBethlehem Bethlehem 2 hr 16 min 5 of 5
Bloomsburg HospitalBloomsburg Bloomsburg 2 hr 44 min 4 of 5
Bryn Mawr HospitalBryn Mawr Bryn Mawr 3 hr 41 min 5 of 5
Butler Memorial HospitalButler Butler 3 hr 21 min 2 of 5
Carlisle Regional Medical CenterCarlisle Carlisle 3 hr 35 min 4 of 5
Chambersburg HospitalChambersburg Chambersburg 2 hr 59 min 4 of 5
Jefferson Regional Medical CenterClairton Clairton 2 hr 52 min 4 of 5
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville Danville 2 hr 40 min 4 of 5
Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson CityDickson City Dickson City 2 hr 35 min 3 of 5
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown Doylestown 3 hr 53 min 4 of 5
Dubois Regional Medical CenterDubois Dubois 2 hr 46 min 2 of 5
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery HospitalEast Norriton East Norriton 5 hr 4 of 5
Pocono Medical CenterEast Stroudsburg East Stroudsburg 3 hr 48 min 3 of 5
Penn State Health Hampden Medical CenterEnola Enola 3 hr 20 min 4 of 5
Ephrata Community HospitalEphrata Ephrata 3 hr 7 min 5 of 5
Hamot Medical CenterErie Erie 3 hr 25 min 3 of 5
Saint Vincent Health CenterErie Erie 3 hr 32 min 4 of 5
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg Gettysburg 2 hr 23 min 4 of 5
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional HospitalGreensburg Greensburg 3 hr 14 min 3 of 5
UPMC HorizonGreenville Greenville 2 hr 42 min 4 of 5
Hanover HospitalHanover Hanover 3 hr 54 min 4 of 5
Pinnacle Health HospitalsHarrisburg Harrisburg 3 hr 44 min 4 of 5
UPMC Pinnacle HospitalsHarrisburg Harrisburg 3 hr 44 min 4 of 5
Hazleton General HospitalHazleton Hazleton 3 hr 18 min 2 of 5
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey Hershey 4 hr 20 min 4 of 5
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale Honesdale 3 hr 18 min 2 of 5
Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana Indiana 2 hr 56 min 2 of 5
Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical CenterJenkintown Jenkintown 3 hr 13 min 3 of 5
Conemaugh Valley Memorial HospitalJohnstown Johnstown 2 hr 54 min 2 of 5
ACMH HospitalKittanning Kittanning 3 hr 15 min 3 of 5
Community Hospital of LancasterLancaster Lancaster 2 hr 54 min 4 of 5
Lancaster General HospitalLancaster Lancaster 3 hr 24 min 5 of 5
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical CenterLancaster Lancaster 3 hr 50 min 3 of 5
St Mary Medical CenterLanghorne Langhorne 4 hr 8 min 2 of 5
Good Samaritan HospitalLebanon Lebanon 3 hr 2 min 5 of 5
Evangelical Community HospitalLewisburg Lewisburg 4 hr 14 min 4 of 5
Lewistown HospitalLewistown Lewistown 2 hr 57 min 5 of 5
UPMC LititzLititz Lititz 2 hr 54 min 4 of 5
Lehigh Valley Hospital - MacungieMacungie Macungie 1 hr 52 min —
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville Meadville 3 hr 17 min 4 of 5
Riddle Memorial HospitalMedia Media 4 hr 59 min 4 of 5
Western Pennsylvania Hospital Forbes Regional CampusMonroeville Monroeville 4 hr 23 min 3 of 5
Northwest Medical CenterOil City Oil City 2 hr 16 min 4 of 5
Main Line Hospital PaoliPaoli Paoli 3 hr 32 min 5 of 5
Albert Einstein Medical CenterPhiladelphia Philadelphia 4 hr 26 min 3 of 5
Hospital of the University of PaPhiladelphia Philadelphia 4 hr 37 min 5 of 5
Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pa Health SystemPhiladelphia Philadelphia 4 hr 32 min 4 of 5
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia Philadelphia 3 hr 58 min 4 of 5
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia Philadelphia 3 hr 36 min 3 of 5
Phoenixville HospitalPhoenixville Phoenixville 2 hr 57 min 3 of 5
Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health SystemPittsburgh Pittsburgh 3 hr 26 min 4 of 5
St Clair Memorial HospitalPittsburgh Pittsburgh 3 hr 20 min 4 of 5
West Penn HospitalPittsburgh Pittsburgh 3 hr 27 min 3 of 5
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson StreetPottsville Pottsville 2 hr 47 min 4 of 5
Punxsutawney Area HospitalPunxsutawney Punxsutawney 2 hr 11 min 2 of 5
St Luke's Quakertown HospitalQuakertown Quakertown 2 hr 46 min 5 of 5
St Joseph Medical CenterReading Reading 3 hr 52 min 3 of 5
Robert Packer HospitalSayre Sayre 2 hr 45 min 2 of 5
Geisinger-Community Medical CenterScranton Scranton 3 hr 32 min 2 of 5
Mercy Hospital ScrantonScranton Scranton 2 hr 50 min 2 of 5
Grand View HospitalSellersville Sellersville 3 hr 49 min 4 of 5
UPMC NorthwestSeneca Seneca 2 hr 16 min 4 of 5
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College State College 3 hr 11 min 5 of 5
Uniontown HospitalUniontown Uniontown 3 hr 6 min 2 of 5
Warren General HospitalWarren Warren 3 hr 14 min 3 of 5
The Washington HospitalWashington Washington 3 hr 52 min 4 of 5
UPMC WellsboroWellsboro Wellsboro 3 hr 25 min 3 of 5
Chester County HospitalWest Chester West Chester 3 hr 59 min 5 of 5
Reading Hospital and Medical CenterWest Reading West Reading 3 hr 50 min 4 of 5
AHN Wexford HospitalWexford Wexford 3 hr 5 min 5 of 5
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre 3 hr 17 min 4 of 5
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre 3 hr 17 min 4 of 5
Williamsport Hospital & Medical CenterWilliamsport Williamsport 2 hr 30 min 3 of 5
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood Wynnewood 5 hr 8 min 4 of 5
UPMC MemorialYork York 4 hr 10 min 4 of 5
York HospitalYork York 4 hr 31 min 4 of 5

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Questions about birthing-friendly hospitals in Pennsylvania

How many birthing-friendly hospitals are there in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania has 79 birthing-friendly hospitals in the CMS data published October 2026.

What is a birthing-friendly hospital?

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

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Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published October 2026. About the data.