Hospitals to give birth in San Mateo, CA
13 hospitals within 20 miles of San Mateo 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 Mateo, then take the tour questions below with you.
Birthing-Friendly hospitals near San Mateo, CA
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Peninsula Medical Center
Burlingame · 3.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 78%
1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 (650) 696-5400 -
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City · 6.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 81%
170 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA 94062 (650) 369-5811 -
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City
Redwood City · 7.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
1100 Veterans Boulevard, Redwood City, CA 94063 (650) 299-2000 -
UCSF Medical Center
San Francisco · 15.6 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 81%
505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143 (415) 353-2733 -
El Camino Health
Mountain View · 19.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
2500 Grant Road, Mountain View, CA 94040 (650) 940-7000 -
Eden Medical Center
Castro Valley · 15.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 75%
20103 Lake Chabot Road, Castro Valley, CA 94546 (510) 537-1234 -
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco
San Francisco · 16.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 72%
2425 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 833-2646 -
California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus
San Francisco · 16.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 78%
1101 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109 (415) 600-6000 -
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro
San Leandro · 13.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 73%
2500 Merced Street, San Leandro, CA 94577 (510) 454-1000 -
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center
San Francisco · 14.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 72%
1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 206-8000 -
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond
Oakland · 18.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 72%
275 West Macarthur Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94611 (510) 752-1000 -
Washington Hospital
Fremont · 19.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
2000 Mowry Ave, Fremont, CA 94538 (510) 797-1111 -
Highland Hospital
Oakland · 17.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 1/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 70%
1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA 94602 (510) 437-4800
Ratings from CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026. Both ratings cover the whole hospital, not labor and delivery alone.
Doulas near San Mateo
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 San Mateo, 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.