Consumer Reports conducted an analysis of C-section birth rates at more than 1,300 hospitals among first-time mothers at low risk, or those who are having one full-term child who is positioned head first. It found 203 U.S. hospitals had low-risk C-section rates of 18.4 percent or less. The national average is 25.8 percent and the national target, set by HHS, is 23.9 percent.
The following 16 hospitals had C-section rates of 17 percent or less, according to Consumer Reports. These hospitals also delivered at least 3,500 babies or had at least 750 low-risk births in 2015 or the nine months ending September 2015 or June 2016.
- Crouse Hospital (Syracuse, N.Y.) — 7 percent
- SSM St. Mary’s Health Center (St. Louis) — 12 percent
- Memorial Medical Center (Springfield, Ill.) — 12 percent
- Lovelace Women’s Hospital (Albuquerque, N.M.) — 13 percent
- Bakersfield (Calif.) Memorial Hospital — 13 percent
- Utah Valley Regional Medical Center (Provo, Utah) — 14 percent
- WakeMed Raleigh Campus (Raleigh, N.C.) — 15 percent
- Intermountain Medical Center (Murray, Utah) — 16 percent
- Desert Regional Medical Center (Palm Springs, Calif.) — 16 percent
- NorthShore University Health System (Evanston, Ill.) — 17 percent
- Kaiser Permanente Panorama City (Calif.) Medical Center — 17 percent
- Kaleida Health (Buffalo, N.Y.) — 17 percent
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago) — 17 percent
- TMC HealthCare (Tucson, Ariz.) — 17 percent
- University Medical Center (Lubbock, Texas) — 17 percent
- Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Wash.) — 17 percent
*Repeat numbers indicate organizations with the same ranking based on C-section rate.
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