Birthing-friendly hospitals in Pennsylvania

Birthing-friendly hospitals › Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has 85 birthing-friendly hospitals. 85 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 20 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
Abington Memorial Hospital	Abington	4 hr 16 min	3/5
Lehigh Valley Hospital	Allentown	3 hr 1 min	4/5
Lehigh Valley Hospital	Allentown	3 hr 1 min	4/5
Altoona Regional Health System	Altoona	3 hr 30 min	3/5
St Luke's Hospital Bethlehem	Bethlehem	2 hr 12 min	5/5
Bloomsburg Hospital	Bloomsburg	2 hr 42 min	4/5
Main Line Hospital Bryn Mawr Campus	Bryn Mawr	3 hr 34 min	5/5
Butler Health System	Butler	3 hr 14 min	2/5
Butler Memorial Hospital	Butler	3 hr 14 min	2/5
Carlisle Regional Medical Center	Carlisle	3 hr 31 min	4/5
Carlisle Regional Medical Ctr	Carlisle	3 hr 31 min	4/5
Chambersburg Hospital	Chambersburg	2 hr 58 min	4/5
Jefferson Regional Medical Center	Clairton	2 hr 50 min	4/5
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital	Coudersport	2 hr 27 min	4/5
Geisinger Medical Center	Danville	2 hr 45 min	4/5
Doylestown Hospital	Doylestown	3 hr 48 min	4/5
Dubois Regional Medical Center	Dubois	2 hr 44 min	2/5
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital	East Norriton	4 hr 57 min	4/5
Pocono Medical Center	East Stroudsburg	3 hr 52 min	3/5
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center	Enola	3 hr 16 min	4/5
Ephrata Community Hospital	Ephrata	3 hr 4 min	5/5
Hamot Medical Center	Erie	3 hr 13 min	3/5
Saint Vincent Health Center	Erie	3 hr 39 min	4/5
Gettysburg Hospital	Gettysburg	2 hr 29 min	4/5
Excela Health Westmoreland Regional Hospital	Greensburg	3 hr 10 min	3/5
UPMC Horizon	Greenville	2 hr 36 min	4/5
Hanover Hospital	Hanover	3 hr 45 min	4/5
Pinnacle Health Hospitals	Harrisburg	3 hr 35 min	4/5
Pinnaclehealth System	Harrisburg	3 hr 35 min	4/5
Hazleton General Hospital	Hazleton	3 hr 14 min	2/5
Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey	4 hr 21 min	4/5
Wayne Memorial Hospital	Honesdale	3 hr 32 min	2/5
Indiana Regional Medical Center	Indiana	2 hr 50 min	2/5
Holy Redeemer Hosp and Med Ctr	Jenkintown	3 hr 15 min	3/5
Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital	Johnstown	2 hr 56 min	2/5
ACMH Hospital	Kittanning	3 hr 15 min	3/5
Community Hosp of Lancaster	Lancaster	2 hr 44 min	4/5
Lancaster General Hospital	Lancaster	3 hr 29 min	5/5
Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center	Lancaster	3 hr 51 min	3/5
St Mary Medical Center	Langhorne	3 hr 57 min	2/5
Good Samaritan Hospital	Lebanon	3 hr 17 min	5/5
Evangelical Community Hospital	Lewisburg	4 hr 16 min	4/5
Lewistown Hospital	Lewistown	3 hr 1 min	5/5
Heart of Lancaster Regional Medical Center	Lititz	2 hr 44 min	4/5
Meadville Medical Center	Meadville	3 hr 22 min	4/5
Riddle Memorial Hospital	Media	5 hr 2 min	4/5
Western Pennsylvania Hosp Forbes Regional Campus	Monroeville	4 hr 21 min	3/5
Northwest Medical Center	Oil City	2 hr 16 min	4/5
Main Line Hospital Paoli	Paoli	3 hr 40 min	5/5
Albert Einstein Medical Center	Philadelphia	4 hr 28 min	3/5
Hospital of the Univ of Pa	Philadelphia	4 hr 50 min	5/5
Hospital of Univ of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	4 hr 50 min	5/5
Pennsylvania Hosp of the Univ of Pa Health Sys	Philadelphia	4 hr 40 min	4/5
Temple University Hospital	Philadelphia	4 hr 3 min	4/5
Temple University Hospital	Philadelphia	4 hr 3 min	4/5
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital	Philadelphia	3 hr 56 min	3/5
Phoenixville Hospital	Phoenixville	2 hr 58 min	3/5
Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health System	Pittsburgh	3 hr 20 min	4/5
St Clair Memorial Hospital	Pittsburgh	3 hr 20 min	4/5
Western Pennsylvania Hospital	Pittsburgh	3 hr 28 min	3/5
Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street	Pottsville	2 hr 52 min	4/5
Punxsutawney Area Hospital	Punxsutawney	2 hr 16 min	2/5
St Luke's Quakertown Hospital	Quakertown	2 hr 59 min	5/5
Reading Hospital Medical Center	Reading	3 hr 50 min	4/5
St Joseph Medical Center	Reading	3 hr 52 min	3/5
St Joseph Medical Center	Reading	3 hr 52 min	3/5
Robert Packer Hospital	Sayre	2 hr 43 min	2/5
Community Medical Center	Scranton	3 hr 31 min	2/5
Community Medical Center	Scranton	3 hr 31 min	2/5
Mercy Hospital Scranton	Scranton	3 hr 7 min	2/5
Grand View Hospital	Sellersville	3 hr 49 min	4/5
UPMC Northwest	Seneca	2 hr 16 min	4/5
Mount Nittany Medical Center	State College	3 hr 8 min	5/5
Warren General Hospital	Warren	3 hr 14 min	3/5
Washington Hospital, the	Washington	4 hr 2 min	4/5
UPMC Wellsboro	Wellsboro	3 hr 12 min	3/5
Chester County Hospital	West Chester	4 hr 1 min	5/5
Reading Hospital and Med Ctr	West Reading	3 hr 50 min	4/5
AHN Wexford Hospital	Wexford	3 hr 4 min	5/5
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center	Wilkes-Barre	3 hr 20 min	4/5
Geisinger Wyoming Vly Med Ctr	Wilkes-Barre	3 hr 20 min	4/5
Williamsport Hospital & Medical Center	Williamsport	2 hr 26 min	3/5
Main Line Hospital Lankenau	Wynnewood	4 hr 59 min	4/5
Memorial Hospital York	York	4 hr 26 min	4/5
York Hospital	York	4 hr 14 min	4/5

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