Hospitals to give birth in Fountain Valley, CA
16 hospitals within 20 miles of Fountain Valley 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 Fountain Valley, then take the tour questions below with you.
Birthing-Friendly hospitals near Fountain Valley, CA
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Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach · 6.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 84%
One Hoag Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92663 (949) 764-4624 -
Providence Mission Hospital
Mission Viejo · 19.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 76%
27700 Medical Center Rd, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 (949) 364-1400 -
St Mary Medical Center
Long Beach · 14.2 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 62%
1050 Linden Ave, Long Beach, CA 90813 (562) 491-9000 -
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim
Anaheim · 11.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 81%
3440 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA 92806 (714) 279-4000 -
PIH Health Hospital-Whittier
Whittier · 18.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 79%
12401 Washington Blvd, Whittier, CA 90602 (562) 698-0811 -
Memorialcare Orange Coast Medical Center
Fountain Valley · 0.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 72%
9920 Talbert Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 378-7000 -
Providence St. Jude Medical Center
Fullerton · 12.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 78%
101 E Valencia Mesa Drive, Fullerton, CA 92835 (714) 992-3000 -
Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center
Laguna Hills · 15.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 74%
24451 Health Center Drive, Laguna Hills, CA 92653 (949) 837-4500 -
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey
Downey · 17.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 72%
9333 Imperial Highway, Downey, CA 90242 (562) 461-6007 -
UCI Health-Orange
Orange · 6.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 67%
101 City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868 (714) 456-7890 -
Providence St. Joseph Hospital
Orange · 7.2 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
1100 West Stewart Dr, Orange, CA 92868 (714) 633-9111 -
AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center
Anaheim · 9.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 51%
1111 W La Palma Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92801 (714) 774-1450 -
Whittier Hospital Medical Center
Whittier · 16.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 60%
9080 Colima Rd, Whittier, CA 90605 (562) 945-3561 -
Orange County Global Medical Center
Santa Ana · 7.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 49%
1001 North Tustin Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714) 953-3500 -
UCI Health - Fountain Valley
Fountain Valley · 1.2 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- n/a
- Would recommend
- n/a
17100 Euclid Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 966-7200 -
Coastal Communities Hospital
Santa Ana · 4.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 1/5
- Patient survey
- n/a
- Would recommend
- 35%
2701 S Bristol St, Santa Ana, CA 92704 (714) 754-5454
Ratings from CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026. Both ratings cover the whole hospital, not labor and delivery alone.
Doulas near Fountain Valley
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 Fountain Valley, 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.