Baystate Medical Center: labor and delivery in Springfield, MA
Baystate Medical Center is a hospital in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts that delivers babies. It handled 3,913 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 29% delivered by C-section (1,126 such births). That is above the Massachusetts rate of 28% and above the U.S. median of 26%.
- 29%First-birth C-section rate
- 3,913Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 664Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 2 of 5Patient survey stars
- 2 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Baystate Medical Center
- Newborn care: Level III NICU
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- Lactation consultants
- Rooming-in with your baby
- Birth center tours
- High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
Hampden County
Call (413) 794-5516 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Private
How Baystate Medical Center compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 29% | 28% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 664 | 364 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 72 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Bottom 25% (most complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Middle 50%.
In Massachusetts, Baystate Medical Center has the 20th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 36 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: 2 of 5 stars
- 62% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 59% 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
Baystate Medical Center 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 Springfield
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Medical Center | Springfield | 0.5 | 22% | 635 | Yes |
| Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc.,the | Northampton | 15 | 25% | 636 | Yes |
| John Dempsey Hospital of the University of Connecticut | Farmington | 23 | 31% | 1,503 | Yes |
| Manchester Memorial Hospital | Manchester | 24 | – | – | Yes |
| St Francis Hospital & Medical Center | Hartford | 24 | 28% | 2,107 | Yes |
| Hartford Hospital | Hartford | 25 | 27% | 3,899 | Yes |
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