Hays Medical Center: labor and delivery in Hays, KS
Hays Medical Center is a hospital in Hays, Ellis County, Kansas that delivers babies. It handled 435 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 30% delivered by C-section (136 such births). That is above the Kansas rate of 24% and above the U.S. median of 26%.
- 30%First-birth C-section rate
- 435Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 206Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 3 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Hays Medical Center
- Newborn care: Level II special care nursery
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Rooming-in with your baby
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- Birth center tours
- Baby-Friendly hospital designation
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
2220 Canterbury Drive
Hays, KS 67601
Ellis County
Call (785) 623-5000 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Other
How Hays Medical Center compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 30% | 24% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 206 | 164 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 67 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Top 25% (fewest complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Middle 50%.
In Kansas, Hays Medical Center has the 20th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 27 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
- 68% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 71% 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
Hays 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 Hays
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of KS Health System Great Bend Campus | Great Bend | 45 | 16% | 252 | Yes |
| Gove County Medical Center | Quinter | 52 | – | 36 | Yes |
| Phillips County Hospital | Phillipsburg | 61 | – | – | Yes |
| Smith County Memorial Hospital | Smith Center | 68 | – | 78 | Yes |
| Hospital District #1 of Rice County | Lyons | 70 | – | 29 | – |
| Mitchell County Hospital Health Systems | Beloit | 82 | – | 53 | Yes |