Hospitals to give birth in Lakewood, CO
16 hospitals within 20 miles of Lakewood 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 Lakewood, then take the tour questions below with you.
Birthing-Friendly hospitals near Lakewood, CO
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Saint Joseph Hospital
Denver · 6.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
1375 E 19th Ave, Denver, CO 80218 (303) 812-2000 -
UCHealth Highlands Ranch Hospital
Highlands Ranch · 11.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
1500 Park Central Dr, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 (720) 516-1000 -
AdventHealth Parker
Parker · 19.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 74%
9395 Crown Crest Blvd, Parker, CO 80138 (303) 269-4000 -
University of Colorado Hospital Authority
Aurora · 13.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 77%
12605 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045 (720) 848-0000 -
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health Campus
Westminster · 18.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 69%
14300 Orchard Pkwy, Westminster, CO 80023 (720) 627-0000 -
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital
Wheat Ridge · 4.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
8300 W 38th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (303) 425-4500 -
AdventHealth Avista
Louisville · 17.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 77%
100 Health Park Dr, Louisville, CO 80027 (303) 673-1000 -
Good Samaritan Medical Center
Lafayette · 18.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 76%
200 Exempla Cir, Lafayette, CO 80026 (303) 689-4000 -
HCA Healthone Rose
Denver · 8.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 75%
4567 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80220 (303) 320-2121 -
AdventHealth Littleton
Littleton · 10.2 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 76%
7700 S Broadway, Littleton, CO 80122 (303) 730-8900 -
Swedish Medical Center
Englewood · 6.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 65%
501 E Hampden Ave, Englewood, CO 80113 (303) 788-5000 -
The Medical Center of Aurora & South Hospital
Aurora · 13.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 58%
1501 S Potomac St, Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 873-5511 -
Denver Health & Hospital Authority
Denver · 5.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 72%
777 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 436-4927 -
HCA Healthone Mountain Ridge
Thornton · 12.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 52%
9191 Grant St, Thornton, CO 80229 (303) 451-7800 -
Sky Ridge Medical Center
Lone Tree · 16.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
10101 Ridgegate Pkwy, Lone Tree, CO 80124 (720) 225-1000 -
HCA Healthone Presbyterian St. Lukes
Denver · 6.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 69%
1719 E 19th Ave, Denver, CO 80218 (303) 839-6000
Ratings from CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026. Both ratings cover the whole hospital, not labor and delivery alone.
Doulas near Lakewood
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 Lakewood, 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.