Hospitals to give birth in San Jose, CA
6 hospitals within 20 miles of San Jose 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 San Jose, then take the tour questions below with you.
Birthing-Friendly hospitals near San Jose, CA
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El Camino Health
Mountain View · 10.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
2500 Grant Road, Mountain View, CA 94040 (650) 940-7000 -
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose
San Jose · 8.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 66%
250 Hospital Parkway, San Jose, CA 95119 (408) 972-7000 -
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
San Jose · 3.2 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 70%
751 South Bascom Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128 (408) 885-5000 -
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara
Santa Clara · 6.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 75%
700 Lawrence Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051 (408) 236-6400 -
Washington Hospital
Fremont · 15.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
2000 Mowry Ave, Fremont, CA 94538 (510) 797-1111 -
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose · 6.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 67%
2425 Samaritan Drive, San Jose, CA 95124 (408) 559-2011
Ratings from CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026. Both ratings cover the whole hospital, not labor and delivery alone.
Doulas near San Jose
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.
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Joan Hu
Newborn Care Specialist
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Jennifer Bandy
Birth & Postpartum Doula
5.0
(5 reviews)
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Joanne Gomez BSN, RN, CD, CCE, CLE
Birth & Postpartum Doula
5.0
(4 reviews)
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Shakila Marando
Birth & Postpartum Doula
5.0
(6 reviews)
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Leah (Ginger) Johnson
Birth & Postpartum Doula
5.0
(3 reviews)
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Ashley Steadham
Birth & Postpartum Doula
Questions to ask on a hospital tour
Ratings only go so far. These answers differ between labor and delivery units in San Jose, 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.