Mercy Medical Center Redding: labor and delivery in Redding, CA
Mercy Medical Center Redding is a hospital in Redding, Shasta County, California that delivers babies. It handled 1,652 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 21% delivered by C-section (536 such births). That is below the California rate of 25% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 21%First-birth C-section rate
- 1,652Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 271Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 2 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Mercy Medical Center Redding
- Newborn care: Level III NICU
- 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
2175 Rosaline Ave, Clairmont Hgts
Redding, CA 96001
Shasta County
Call (530) 225-6102 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Private
How Mercy Medical Center Redding compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 21% | 25% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 271 | 286 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 50 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%. Not counting transfusion-only cases: Top 25% (fewest complications).
In California, Mercy Medical Center Redding has the 32nd-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 179 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
- 74% 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
Mercy Medical Center Redding 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 Redding
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Elizabeth Community Hospital | Red Bluff | 30 | 23% | 480 | Yes |
| Mercy Medical Center of MT Shasta | Mount Shasta | 52 | 16% | 90 | Yes |
| Enloe Health | Chico | 64 | 21% | – | Yes |
| Fairchild Medical Center | Yreka | 81 | 35% | 164 | Yes |
| Oroville Hospital | Oroville | 91 | – | – | No |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | 92 | 15% | 197 | Yes |
Hospitals in Redding that do not offer labor and delivery: Patients' Hospital of Redding, Shasta Regional Medical Center.
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