Grandview Medical Center: labor and delivery in Birmingham, AL
Grandview Medical Center is a hospital in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama that delivers babies. It handled 2,910 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 26% delivered by C-section (965 such births). That is below the Alabama rate of 28% and the same as the U.S. median of 26%.
- 26%First-birth C-section rate
- 2,910Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 702Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 3 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Grandview Medical Center
- Newborn care: NICU on site
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- Birth center tours
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
3690 Grandview Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35243
Jefferson County
Call (205) 971-1000 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: For-profit
How Grandview Medical Center compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 26% | 28% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 702 | 382 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 77 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Bottom 25% (most complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Middle 50%.
In Alabama, Grandview Medical Center has the 15th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 33 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
- 73% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 70% 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
Grandview 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 Birmingham
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital | Birmingham | 3.9 | – | 3,026 | Yes |
| St Vincent's Birmingham | Birmingham | 6.5 | 30% | 3,184 | Yes |
| University of Alabama Hospital | Birmingham | 6.9 | 35% | 3,033 | Yes |
| Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System | Bessemer | 17 | 37% | 463 | Yes |
| Coosa Valley Medical Center | Sylacauga | 33 | – | 101 | Yes |
| Walker Baptist Medical Center | Jasper | 40 | 16% | 719 | Yes |
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Hospitals in Birmingham that do not offer labor and delivery: St. Vincent's East, Princeton Baptist Medical Center.
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