These CA Hospitals Are Ranked Among Best For Maternity Care

Where to have a baby is one of the most important decisions California parents make. To help guide them, U.S. News & World Report has released its 2026 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care.

U.S. News has been evaluating hospitals that provide labor and delivery service since 2021, and this year evaluated a record 901 hospitals.

These public ratings assist expectant parents, in consultation with their prenatal care providers, in making informed decisions about where to receive maternity care for uncomplicated births.

The top maternity hospitals in California are:

• Adventist Health and Rideout, Marysville
• Adventist Health Bakersfield, Bakersfield
• Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Alta Bates Campus, Berkeley
• Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton
• Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield
• Barton Memorial Hospital, South Lake Tahoe
• California Pacific Medical Center-Van Ness Campus, San Francisco
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
• CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Community Memorial Hospital - Ventura, Ventura
• Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno
• Corona Regional Medical Center, Corona
• Eden Medical Center, Castro Valley
• Eisenhower Health, Rancho Mirage
• El Camino Health, Mountain View
• Enloe Health, Chico
• Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach
• Huntington Health, Pasadena
• John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, Walnut Creek
• Kaiser Permanente Antioch Medical Center, Antioch
• Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center, Baldwin Park
• Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center, Downey
• Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center, Fontana
• Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center, Manteca
• Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center, Moreno Valley
• Kaiser Permanente Orange County Anaheim Medical Center, Anaheim
• Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center, Panorama City
• Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center, Redwood City
• Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center, Riverside
• Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, Roseville
• Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center, San Jose
• Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, Santa Clara
• Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center, Vacaville
• Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center, San Diego
• Kaweah Health Medical Center, Visalia
• Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Loma Linda
• Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta, Murrieta
• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford, Palo Alto
• MarinHealth Medical Center, Greenbrae
• Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, Long Beach
• Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, Burlingame
• Orange Coast Medical Center, Fountain Valley
• PIH Health Whittier Hospital, Whittier
• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, Pomona
• Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center - Torrance, Torrance
• Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo
• Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa
• Providence Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica
• Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Burbank
• Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa
• Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka, Eureka
• Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange, Orange
• Providence St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton
• Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Apple Valley
• Redlands Community Hospital, Redlands
• Riverside University Health System-Medical Center, Moreno Valley
• Saddleback Medical Center, Laguna Hills
• Salinas Valley Health, Salinas
• San Antonio Regional Hospital, Upland
• San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp
• Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose
• Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla
• Scripps Memorial Hospital-Encinitas, Encinitas
• Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego
• Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista
• Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa
• Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns, San Diego
• Southwest Healthcare System, Murrieta
• Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Lakeport
• Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, Sacramento
• Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville
• Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital, Santa Rosa
• Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, Tracy
• Tahoe Forest Hospital District, Truckee
• Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance
• UC San Diego Medical Center - Hillcrest, San Diego
• UCI Health, Orange
• UCLA Medical Center-Santa Monica, Santa Monica
• UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco
• Washington Hospital Healthcare System, Fremont

The data is based entirely on objective measures of quality, such as C-section rates in lower-risk pregnancies, severe unexpected newborn complication rates, exclusive breast milk feeding rates, among other measures.

The 2026 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care ratings also recognize hospitals offering services to underserved communities. Now in its third year, the Maternity Care Access Hospital designation was awarded to 147 hospitals.

These essential hospitals serve communities that would be in danger of becoming maternity care deserts if they were to stop providing crucial maternity care services. Parents-to-be can research their local hospitals’ performance metrics as well as maternity-related programs, services and support at health.usnews.com to help them decide where to give birth.

In California, three hospitals were named Maternity Care Access Hospitals, including:

• Enloe Medical Center, Chico
• Rideout Memorial Hospital, Marysville
• Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Lakeport

The following metropolitan areas, listed in alphabetical order, have the greatest number of hospitals on the list:

• Boston
• Charlotte, North Carolina
• Chicago
• Cincinnati
• Dallas-Fort Worth
• Denver
• Detroit
• Houston
• Indianapolis
• Kansas City
• Los Angeles
• Milwaukee
• New York
• Philadelphia
• Riverside-San Bernardino, California
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• St. Louis
• Washington, D.C.