Hospitals to give birth in Gaithersburg, MD
14 hospitals within 20 miles of Gaithersburg 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 Gaithersburg, then take the tour questions below with you.
Birthing-Friendly hospitals near Gaithersburg, MD
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Inova Loudoun Hospital
Leesburg · 15.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 77%
44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg, VA 20176 (703) 858-6600 -
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church · 19.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 698-1110 -
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Washington · 15.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
5255 Loughboro Rd NW, Washington, DC 20016 (202) 537-4680 -
Virginia Hospital Center
Arlington · 18.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 78%
1701 North George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 22205 (703) 558-5000 -
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center
Silver Spring · 14.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 76%
11890 Healing Way, Silver Spring, MD 20904 (240) 637-4000 -
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington · 17.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 72%
3800 Reservoir Rd, Washington, DC 20007 (202) 784-3000 -
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Columbia · 17.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 69%
5755 Cedar Lane, Columbia, MD 21044 (410) 740-7890 -
MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
Olney · 7.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 61%
18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney, MD 20832 (301) 774-8882 -
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington · 17.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 62%
110 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC 20010 (202) 877-7000 -
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center
Rockville · 3.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 68%
9901 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 (240) 826-6517 -
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring · 12.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 66%
1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 754-7000 -
George Washington University Hospital
Washington · 18.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 64%
900 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037 (202) 716-4605 -
Holy Cross Germantown Hospital
Germantown · 3.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 1/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 68%
19801 Observation Drive, Germantown, MD 20876 (301) 557-6020 -
Howard University Hospital
Washington · 18.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 1/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 51%
2041 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20060 (202) 745-6100
Ratings from CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026. Both ratings cover the whole hospital, not labor and delivery alone.
Doulas near Gaithersburg
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 Gaithersburg, 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.