Hospitals to give birth in Thornton, CO
14 hospitals within 20 miles of Thornton 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 Thornton, then take the tour questions below with you.
Birthing-Friendly hospitals near Thornton, CO
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Saint Joseph Hospital
Denver · 8.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
1375 E 19th Ave, Denver, CO 80218 (303) 812-2000 -
Centura Health-St Anthony North Health Campus
Westminster · 6.2 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 69%
14300 Orchard Pkwy, Westminster, CO 80023 (720) 627-0000 -
University of Colorado Hospital Authority
Aurora · 11.2 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 77%
12605 E 16th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045 (720) 848-0000 -
Good Samaritan Medical Center
Lafayette · 9.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 76%
200 Exempla Cir, Lafayette, CO 80026 (303) 689-4000 -
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital
Wheat Ridge · 9.4 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 · 11.2 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 77%
100 Health Park Dr, Louisville, CO 80027 (303) 673-1000 -
Boulder Community Health
Boulder · 17.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 81%
4747 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304 (303) 440-2273 -
HCA Healthone Rose
Denver · 9.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 75%
4567 E 9th Ave, Denver, CO 80220 (303) 320-2121 -
The Medical Center of Aurora & South Hospital
Aurora · 14.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 58%
1501 S Potomac St, Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 873-5511 -
Swedish Medical Center
Englewood · 14.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 65%
501 E Hampden Ave, Englewood, CO 80113 (303) 788-5000 -
Intermountain Health Platte Valley Hospital
Brighton · 12.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 71%
1600 Prairie Center Pkwy, Brighton, CO 80601 (303) 498-1600 -
Denver Health & Hospital Authority
Denver · 9.8 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 · 0.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 52%
9191 Grant St, Thornton, CO 80229 (303) 451-7800 -
HCA Healthone Presbyterian St. Lukes
Denver · 8.4 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 Thornton
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 Thornton, 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.