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Good Samaritan Hospital: labor and delivery in San Jose, CA

Good Samaritan Hospital is a hospital in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California that delivers babies. It handled 2,129 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 20% delivered by C-section (682 such births). That is below the California rate of 25% and below the U.S. median of 26%.

20%First-birth C-section rate
2,129Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
67Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
2 of 5Patient survey stars
2 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Good Samaritan Hospital

Newborn care: Level III NICU
Lactation consultants
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

2425 Samaritan Drive
San Jose, CA 95124
Santa Clara County

Call (408) 559-2011 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
Ownership: For-profit

How Good Samaritan Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	California	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	20%	25%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	67	286	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	36	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Top 25% (fewest complications).

In California, Good Samaritan Hospital has the 22nd-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 179 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
69% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
64% 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

Good Samaritan 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 San Jose

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center	San Jose	4.4	21%	3,030	Yes
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Clara	Santa Clara	6.6	25%	4,093	Yes
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-San Jose	San Jose	7.9	28%	2,027	Yes
El Camino Health	Mountain View	11	28%	4,650	Yes
Stanford Health Care	Stanford	17	–	–	No
Dominican Hospital	Santa Cruz	18	20%	774	Yes