Athens Limestone Hospital: labor and delivery in Athens, AL
Athens Limestone Hospital is a hospital in Athens, Limestone County, Alabama that delivers babies. It handled 449 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 26% delivered by C-section (125 such births). That is below the Alabama rate of 28% and the same as the U.S. median of 26%.
- 26%First-birth C-section rate
- 449Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 727Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 4 of 5Patient survey stars
- 2 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Athens Limestone Hospital
- Newborn care: Level I newborn nursery
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Rooming-in with your baby
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- Birth center tours
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
700 West Market Street
Athens, AL 35611
Limestone County
Call (256) 233-9292 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Government, hospital district
How Athens Limestone Hospital compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 26% | 28% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 727 | 382 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 51 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Bottom 25% (most complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Top 25% (fewest complications).
In Alabama, Athens Limestone Hospital has the 15th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 33 hospitals that report one.
The first-birth C-section rate counts first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby. Complication rates are adjusted for patient risk. Our data explains each number.
What patients say
- Patient survey summary: 4 of 5 stars
- 70% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 72% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Birthing-Friendly designation
Athens Limestone Hospital holds the federal Birthing-Friendly designation. Hospitals earn it by taking part in a perinatal quality collaborative and following maternal safety practices.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Athens
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus | Decatur | 15 | 32% | 681 | Yes |
| Huntsville Hospital | Huntsville | 23 | 25% | 5,965 | Yes |
| Crestwood Medical Center | Huntsville | 24 | 22% | 1,015 | Yes |
| Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski | Pulaski | 27 | – | 90 | Yes |
| Lincoln Medical Center | Fayetteville | 34 | – | 238 | Yes |
| Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Lawrence | Lawrenceburg | 35 | 6% | 358 | Yes |
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