Indian Path Community Hospital: labor and delivery in Kingsport, TN
Indian Path Community Hospital is a hospital in Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tennessee that delivers babies. It handled 465 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 25% delivered by C-section (163 such births). That is below the Tennessee rate of 26% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 25%First-birth C-section rate
- 465Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 601Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
Birth services at Indian Path Community Hospital
- Newborn care: NICU on site
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- Lactation consultants
- Rooming-in with your baby
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- OB hospitalists on staff
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
2000 Brookside Dr
Kingsport, TN 37660
Sullivan County
Call (423) 857-7000 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Private
How Indian Path Community Hospital compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 25% | 26% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 601 | 269 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 50 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Bottom 25% (most complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Top 25% (fewest complications).
In Tennessee, Indian Path Community Hospital has the 28th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 51 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
- 76% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 73% 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
Indian Path Community 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 Kingsport
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center | Bristol | 15 | 26% | 1,543 | Yes |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital | Johnson City | 16 | 29% | 1,756 | Yes |
| Johnson City Medical Center | Johnson City | 18 | 27% | 1,240 | Yes |
| Lonesome Pine Hospital | Big Stone Gap | 26 | – | – | Yes |
| Greeneville Community Hospital | Greeneville | 30 | 17% | 389 | Yes |
| Johnston Memorial Hospital | Abingdon | 35 | 31% | 400 | Yes |
More in Sullivan County
- Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center (Bristol)
Hospitals in Kingsport that do not offer labor and delivery: Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
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