HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast: labor and delivery in Pasadena, TX
HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is a hospital in Pasadena, Harris County, Texas that delivers babies. It handled 2,394 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 22% delivered by C-section (656 such births). That is below the Texas rate of 26% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 22%First-birth C-section rate
- 2,394Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 69Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 2 of 5Patient survey stars
- 3 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast
- Newborn care: Level III NICU
- Midwifery care
- Epidural and pain relief options
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Childbirth and parenting classes
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
4000 Spencer Hwy
Pasadena, TX 77504
Harris County
Call (713) 359-1000 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: For-profit
How HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 22% | 26% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 69 | 248 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 81 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Top 25% (fewest complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Middle 50%.
In Texas, HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast has the 31st-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 164 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
- 64% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 66% 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
HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast 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 Pasadena
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake | Webster | 9.1 | 24% | 4,112 | Yes |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital | Nassau Bay | 9.9 | 13% | 744 | Yes |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center | Houston | 12 | – | – | No |
| St Joseph Medical Center | Houston | 12 | 24% | 2,355 | Yes |
| Harris Health | Houston | 13 | 26% | 4,744 | Yes |
| Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center | Houston | 13 | 30% | 7,843 | Yes |
More in Harris County
- Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital (Baytown)
- Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital (Cypress)
- Harris Health (Houston)
- HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center (Houston)
- HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest (Houston)
- HCA Houston Healthcare West (Houston)
- Houston Methodist Hospital (Houston)
- Houston Methodist West Hospital (Houston)
- Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital (Houston)
- Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center (Houston)
- Memorial Hermann Hospital System (Houston)
- Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital (Houston)
- St Joseph Medical Center (Houston)
- Womans Hospital of Texas,the (Houston)
- Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital (Humble)
- HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood (Kingwood)
- Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital (Nassau Bay)
- HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball (Tomball)
- HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake (Webster)
Hospitals in Pasadena that do not offer labor and delivery: Surgery Specialty Hospitals of America SE Houston, St Luke's Patients Medical Center.
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