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Good Shepherd Medical Center: labor and delivery in Hermiston, OR

Good Shepherd Medical Center is a hospital in Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon that delivers babies. It handled 476 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 26% delivered by C-section (146 such births). That is above the Oregon rate of 23% and the same as the U.S. median of 26%.

26%First-birth C-section rate
476Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
404Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
3 of 5Patient survey stars

Birth services at Good Shepherd Medical Center

Newborn care: NICU on site
Midwifery care
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

610 NW 11th Street
Hermiston, OR 97838
Umatilla County

Call (541) 667-3400 Directions

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

How Good Shepherd Medical Center compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Oregon	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	26%	23%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	404	256	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	45	–	68

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

In Oregon, Good Shepherd Medical Center has the 28th-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: 3 of 5 stars
66% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
69% 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 Shepherd Medical Center 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 Hermiston

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Trios Health	Kennewick	24	22%	626	Yes
St Anthony Hospital	Pendleton	27	–	301	Yes
Prosser Memorial Hospital	Prosser	29	14%	822	–
Kadlec Regional Medical Center	Richland	30	24%	2,592	Yes
Astria Sunnyside Hospital	Sunnyside	47	15%	242	Yes
Providence St Mary Medical Center	Walla Walla	49	25%	609	Yes