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Glencoe Regional Health: labor and delivery in Glencoe, MN

Glencoe Regional Health is a hospital in Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota that delivers babies. It handled 136 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 29% delivered by C-section (45 such births). That is above the Minnesota rate of 27% and above the U.S. median of 26%.

29%First-birth C-section rate
136Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
611Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
4 of 5Patient survey stars

Birth services at Glencoe Regional Health

Midwifery care
Epidural and pain relief options
Water birth options
Lactation consultants
Childbirth and parenting classes
High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care

Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.

Address and phone

1805 Hennepin Avenue North
Glencoe, MN 55336
McLeod County

Call (320) 864-3121 Directions

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

How Glencoe Regional Health compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Minnesota	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	29%	27%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	611	271	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	60	–	68

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

In Minnesota, Glencoe Regional Health has the 41st-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 58 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
77% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
76% 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

Glencoe Regional Health 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 Glencoe

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Hutchinson Health	Hutchinson	14	25%	225	Yes
Ridgeview Medical Center	Waconia	18	23%	1,470	Yes
Meeker Memorial Hospital	Litchfield	29	34%	109	–
St Francis Regional Medical Center	Shakopee	32	30%	850	Yes
Buffalo Hospital	Buffalo	32	20%	560	Yes
New Ulm Medical Center	New Ulm	36	27%	319	Yes