Hospitals to give birth in Washington, DC
15 hospitals within 20 miles of Washington 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 Washington, then take the tour questions below with you.
Birthing-Friendly hospitals near Washington, DC
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Inova Fairfax Hospital
Falls Church · 10.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 698-1110 -
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Fairfax · 18.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 79%
3600 Joseph Siewick Drive, Fairfax, VA 22033 (703) 391-4170 -
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Washington · 4.3 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 80%
5255 Loughboro Rd NW, Washington, DC 20016 (202) 537-4680 -
Inova Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria · 6.9 mi away
- CMS rating
- 5/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 73%
4320 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA 22304 (703) 504-3167 -
Virginia Hospital Center
Arlington · 5.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 4/5
- Patient survey
- 4/5
- Would recommend
- 78%
1701 North George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 22205 (703) 558-5000 -
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington · 2.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 72%
3800 Reservoir Rd, Washington, DC 20007 (202) 784-3000 -
Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center
Silver Spring · 10.7 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 76%
11890 Healing Way, Silver Spring, MD 20904 (240) 637-4000 -
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington · 1.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 62%
110 Irving Street NW, Washington, DC 20010 (202) 877-7000 -
MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
Olney · 17.1 mi away
- CMS rating
- 3/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 61%
18101 Prince Philip Drive, Olney, MD 20832 (301) 774-8882 -
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring · 7.5 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 66%
1500 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301) 754-7000 -
Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center
Rockville · 15.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 3/5
- Would recommend
- 68%
9901 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 (240) 826-6517 -
George Washington University Hospital
Washington · 0.8 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 64%
900 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037 (202) 716-4605 -
MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Clinton · 14.0 mi away
- CMS rating
- 2/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 48%
7503 Surratts Road, Clinton, MD 20735 (301) 868-8000 -
Howard University Hospital
Washington · 1.2 mi away
- CMS rating
- 1/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 51%
2041 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20060 (202) 745-6100 -
University of Md Capital Region Medical Center
Upper Marlboro · 10.4 mi away
- CMS rating
- 1/5
- Patient survey
- 2/5
- Would recommend
- 57%
901 North Harry S Truman Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 (301) 618-2000
Ratings from CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026. Both ratings cover the whole hospital, not labor and delivery alone.
Doulas near Washington
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 Washington, 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.