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Bakersfield Memorial Hospital: labor and delivery in Bakersfield, CA

Bakersfield Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Bakersfield, Kern County, California that delivers babies. It handled 2,819 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 28% delivered by C-section (821 such births). That is above the California rate of 25% and above the U.S. median of 26%.

28%First-birth C-section rate
2,819Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
441Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
3 of 5Patient survey stars
3 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

Newborn care: Level III NICU

Address and phone

420 34th St
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Kern County

Call (661) 327-1792 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
Ownership: Nonprofit, Private

How Bakersfield Memorial Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	California	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	28%	25%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	441	286	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	65	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Bottom 25% (most complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Middle 50%.

In California, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital has the 127th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 179 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: 3 of 5 stars
73% 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

Bakersfield Memorial 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 Bakersfield

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Adventist Health Bakersfield	Bakersfield	0.8	26%	2,498	Yes
Mercy Hospital	Bakersfield	1.7	30%	1,922	Yes
Kern Medical Center	Bakersfield	2.3	28%	2,576	Yes
Adventist Health Delano	Delano	29	21%	552	Yes
Sierra View Medical Center	Porterville	47	36%	688	Yes
Kaweah Health Medical Center	Visalia	67	32%	4,142	Yes