These WI Hospitals Are Ranked Among Best For Maternity Care

Where to have a baby is one of the most important decisions Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin are:

• Ascension All Saints (Racine)
• Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee (Milwaukee)
• Ascension Northeast Wisconsin St. Elizabeth Hospital (Appleton)
• Ascension Southeast Wisconsin Hospital – St. Joseph’s Campus (Milwaukee)
• Aurora BayCare Medical Center (Green Bay)
• Aurora Lakeland Medical Center (Elkhorn)
• Aurora Medical Center – Manitowoc County (Two Rivers)
• Aurora Medical Center – Sheboygan County (Sheboygan)
• Aurora Medical Center Grafton (Grafton)
• Aurora Medical Center Kenosha (Kenosha)
• Aurora Medical Center Summit (Summit)
• Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center (Milwaukee)
• Aurora West Allis Medical Center (West Allis)
• Froedtert & MCW Froedtert Hospital (Milwaukee)
• Marshfield Medical Center (Marshfield)
• Marshfield Medical Center – Weston (Weston)
• Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire (Eau Claire)
• Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse (La Crosse)
• ThedaCare Medical Center-Berlin (Berlin)
• ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano (Shawano)
• UnityPoint Health Meriter (Madison)

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 Wisconsin, five hospitals were named Maternity Care Access Hospitals, including:

• ThedaCare Medical Center-Berlin in Berlin
• Tamarack Health Hayward Medical Center in Hayward
• Aurora Medical Center – Bay Area in Marinette
• Marshfield Medical Center in Marshfield
• ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano in Shawano

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.