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

Centracare - Paynesville Hospital is a hospital in Paynesville, Stearns County, Minnesota that delivers babies. It handled 34 deliveries in 2025.

34Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
218Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries

Address and phone

200 1st Street West
Paynesville, MN 56362
Stearns County

Call (320) 243-3767 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Critical Access hospital
Ownership: Nonprofit, Private

How Centracare - Paynesville Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Minnesota	U.S.
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	218	271	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	66	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: 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

81% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
84% 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 - Paynesville 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 Paynesville

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Meeker Memorial Hospital	Litchfield	21	34%	109	–
Centracare - Melrose Hospital	Melrose	21	–	88	Yes
Centracare- Rice Memorial Hospital	Willmar	24	18%	539	Yes
Centracare Health System - Sauk Centre	Sauk Centre	28	–	75	Yes
Centracare - St. Cloud Hospital	Saint Cloud	30	24%	2,522	Yes
Hutchinson Health	Hutchinson	38	25%	225	Yes