Hospitals to give birth in Cincinnati, OH
9 hospitals within 20 miles of Cincinnati meet the Birthing-Friendly criteria from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Compare their CMS star ratings, what patients said in Medicare's survey, and how far each one is from central Cincinnati, then take the tour questions below with you.
Birthing-Friendly hospitals near Cincinnati, OH
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Christ Hospital
Cincinnati · 1.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 84%
2139 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 585-2000 -
St Elizabeth Edgewood
Edgewood · 6.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 74%
1 Medical Village Drive, Edgewood, KY 41017 (859) 301-2000 -
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati · 2.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
375 Dixmyth Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220 (513) 862-2601 -
Mercy Health - West Hospital
Cincinnati · 7.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 66%
3300 Mercy Health Blvd, Cincinnati, OH 45211 (513) 215-5000 -
Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital
Cincinnati · 8.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 66%
7500 State Road, Cincinnati, OH 45255 (513) 624-4500 -
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati · 2.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
3188 Bellevue Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219 (513) 584-1000 -
Bethesda North
Cincinnati · 13.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 72%
10500 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242 (513) 865-1111 -
Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital
Fairfield · 14.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 67%
3000 Mack Road, Fairfield, OH 45014 (513) 870-7000 -
West Chester Hospital
West Chester · 19.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 70%
7700 University Drive, West Chester, OH 45069 (513) 298-7701
Ratings from CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026. Both ratings cover the whole hospital, not labor and delivery alone.
Doulas near Cincinnati
A doula supports you through labor and birth at the hospital you choose, and can help you write a birth plan the labor and delivery team can follow.
Questions to ask on a hospital tour
Ratings only go so far. These answers differ between labor and delivery units in Cincinnati, so ask each hospital on your shortlist, on a tour or over the phone.
- How many support people can be with me in labor, and does a doula count toward that limit?
- What is your cesarean rate for first-time mothers with a low-risk, full-term, head-down baby (the NTSV rate)?
- What level is your NICU, and which babies do you transfer to another hospital?
- Are midwives on staff, and can they attend my birth if my OB is not on call?
- Is an anesthesiologist in the hospital around the clock for epidurals?
- Do you support laboring in water, wireless monitoring and moving around during labor?
- Does my baby stay in my room, and when can I see a lactation consultant?
- Do you offer a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) if I have had a C-section before?
How this list is sorted
Every hospital here meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation: it reports taking part in a statewide or national perinatal quality improvement program and using that program's recommended safety practices. The designation is self-reported and most hospitals that deliver babies hold it, so treat it as a baseline, not a ranking.
We sort by the CMS overall hospital star rating, then by the patient survey star rating, then by distance. The overall rating combines mortality, safety, readmission, patient experience and timely care across the whole hospital. The survey rating comes from patients' answers to Medicare's HCAHPS survey about their stay.
CMS does not yet publish cesarean or severe complication rates for each hospital, so ask the hospitals on your shortlist for theirs.