Hospitals to give birth in New Brunswick, NJ
10 hospitals within 20 miles of New Brunswick 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 New Brunswick, then take the tour questions below with you.
Birthing-Friendly hospitals near New Brunswick, NJ
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Overlook Medical Center
Summit · 16.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
99 Beauvoir Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901 (908) 522-2000 -
University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro
Plainsboro · 12.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 75%
One-Five Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536 (609) 853-6500 -
Centrastate Medical Center
Freehold · 18.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 62%
901 West Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728 (732) 294-7012 -
Raritan Bay Medical Center
Perth Amboy · 9.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 61%
530 New Brunswick Ave, Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 (732) 324-5000 -
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital - Somerset
Somerville · 9.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 68%
110 Rehill Ave, Somerville, NJ 08876 (908) 685-2200 -
Saint Peter's University Hospital
New Brunswick · 1.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 76%
254 Easton Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 745-8600 -
JFK University Medical Center
Edison · 7.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 56%
65 James Street, Edison, NJ 08818 (732) 321-7000 -
Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Elizabeth · 17.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 63%
225 Williamson Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07207 (908) 994-5000 -
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick · 0.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 70%
One Robert Wood Johnson Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (732) 828-3000 -
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark · 19.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 64%
201 Lyons Ave, Newark, NJ 07112 (973) 926-7000
Ratings from CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026. Both ratings cover the whole hospital, not labor and delivery alone.
Doulas near New Brunswick
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 New Brunswick, 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.