Hospitals to give birth in Houston, TX
15 hospitals within 20 miles of Houston 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 Houston, then take the tour questions below with you.
Birthing-Friendly hospitals near Houston, TX
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Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston · 3.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 82%
6565 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030 (713) 790-2221 -
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
Houston · 18.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 79%
18220 State Highway 249, Houston, TX 77070 (281) 477-1000 -
Houston Methodist Sugarland Hospital
Sugar Land · 19.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
16655 Southwest Freeway, Sugar Land, TX 77479 (281) 274-8000 -
Houston Methodist West Hospital
Houston · 19.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 83%
18500 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77094 (832) 522-1000 -
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center
Houston · 3.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
6411 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030 (713) 704-3700 -
Womans Hospital of Texas,the
Houston · 5.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 69%
7600 Fannin, Houston, TX 77054 (713) 790-1234 -
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital
Houston · 10.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
921 Gessner, Houston, TX 77024 (713) 242-3000 -
Harris Health
Houston · 3.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030 (713) 873-2000 -
Memorial Hermann Hospital System
Houston · 5.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
1635 North Loop West, Houston, TX 77008 (713) 448-6796 -
Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital
Humble · 17.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
18951 Memorial North, Humble, TX 77338 (281) 540-7700 -
St Joseph Medical Center
Houston · 0.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 55%
1401 St. Joseph Parkway, Houston, TX 77002 (713) 757-1000 -
HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast
Pasadena · 13.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 64%
4000 Spencer Hwy, Pasadena, TX 77504 (713) 359-1000 -
St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital
Sugar Land · 18.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 63%
1317 Lake Pointe Parkway, Sugar Land, TX 77478 (281) 637-7000 -
HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest
Houston · 18.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 59%
710 Cypress Creek Parkway, Houston, TX 77090 (281) 440-1000 -
HCA Houston Healthcare West
Houston · 13.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 1/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 56%
12141 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX 77082 (281) 588-8080
Ratings from CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026. Both ratings cover the whole hospital, not labor and delivery alone.
Doulas near Houston
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 Houston, 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.