Columbia Memorial Hospital: labor and delivery in Astoria, OR
Columbia Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon that delivers babies. It handled 237 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 32% delivered by C-section (85 such births). That is above the Oregon rate of 23% and above the U.S. median of 26%.
- 32%First-birth C-section rate
- 237Deliveries in 2025
- 654Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 4 of 5Patient survey stars
Address and phone
2111 Exchange Street
Astoria, OR 97103
Clatsop County
Call (503) 325-4321 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Critical Access hospital
- Ownership: For-profit
How Columbia Memorial Hospital compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 32% | 23% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 654 | 256 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 113 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Bottom 25% (most complications).
In Oregon, Columbia Memorial Hospital has the 36th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 39 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
- 82% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 74% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Astoria
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Seaside Hospital | Seaside | 14 | 20% | 53 | Yes |
| Peacehealth St John Medical Center | Longview | 36 | 24% | 772 | Yes |
| Adventist Health Tillamook | Tillamook | 47 | 24% | 131 | Yes |
| Providence Centralia Hospital | Centralia | 52 | 28% | 651 | Yes |
| Hillsboro Medical Center | Hillsboro | 55 | 24% | 902 | Yes |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital Westside | Hillsboro | 55 | – | 1,237 | Yes |
More in Clatsop County
- Providence Seaside Hospital (Seaside)
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