Methodist Hospital of Sacramento: labor and delivery in Sacramento, CA
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento is a hospital in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California that delivers babies. It handled 1,755 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 24% delivered by C-section (545 such births). That is below the California rate of 25% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 24%First-birth C-section rate
- 1,755Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 328Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 3 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
- Newborn care: Level II special care nursery
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Doula support
- Epidural and pain relief options
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- Birth center tours
- High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
7500 Hospital Drive
Sacramento, CA 95823
Sacramento County
Call (916) 423-6010 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Private
How Methodist Hospital of Sacramento compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 24% | 25% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 328 | 286 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 56 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.
In California, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has the 64th-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
- 65% 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
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento 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 Sacramento
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital So Sacramento | Sacramento | 0.6 | 25% | 2,461 | Yes |
| University of California Davis Medical Center | Sacramento | 6.5 | 30% | 1,903 | Yes |
| Mercy General Hospital | Sacramento | 7.5 | 28% | 646 | Yes |
| Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento | Sacramento | 7.9 | 23% | 5,895 | Yes |
| Mercy San Juan Medical Center | Carmichael | 15 | 26% | 1,494 | Yes |
| Sutter Davis Hospital | Davis | 20 | 18% | 1,376 | Yes |
More labor and delivery in Sacramento
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital So Sacramento
- Mercy General Hospital
- Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
- University of California Davis Medical Center
More in Sacramento County
- Mercy San Juan Medical Center (Carmichael)
- Mercy Hospital of Folsom (Folsom)
Hospitals in Sacramento that do not offer labor and delivery: Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento.
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