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Centracare - Melrose Hospital: labor and delivery in Melrose, MN

Centracare - Melrose Hospital is a hospital in Melrose, Stearns County, Minnesota that delivers babies. It handled 88 deliveries in 2025.

88Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
175Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
5 of 5Overall hospital stars

Address and phone

525 West Main Street
Melrose, MN 56352
Stearns County

Call (320) 256-4231 Directions

Emergency department: No
Hospital type: Critical Access hospital
Ownership: Nonprofit, Private

How Centracare - Melrose Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Minnesota	U.S.
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	175	271	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	62	–	68

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

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

78% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
79% 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

Centracare - Melrose 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 Melrose

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Centracare Health System - Sauk Centre	Sauk Centre	8.0	–	75	Yes
Centracare - Long Prairie Hospital	Long Prairie	20	–	35	Yes
Centracare - Paynesville Hospital	Paynesville	21	–	34	Yes
Alomere Health	Alexandria	30	17%	649	Yes
St Gabriels Hospital	Little Falls	30	32%	89	Yes
Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital	Saint Cloud	32	24%	2,522	Yes