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Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital: labor and delivery in Sullivan, MO

Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital is a hospital in Sullivan, Franklin County, Missouri that delivers babies. It handled 215 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 25% delivered by C-section (69 such births). That is the same as the Missouri rate of 25% and below the U.S. median of 26%.

25%First-birth C-section rate
215Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
212Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
4 of 5Patient survey stars
2 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital

Midwifery care
Doula support

Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.

Address and phone

751 Sappington Bridge Rd
Sullivan, MO 63080
Franklin County

Call (573) 468-4186 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Critical Access hospital
Ownership: Nonprofit, Private

How Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Missouri	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	25%	25%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	212	247	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	90	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%. Not counting transfusion-only cases: Bottom 25% (most complications).

In Missouri, Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital has the 26th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 50 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: 4 of 5 stars
78% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
79% 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

Missouri Baptist Sullivan 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 Sullivan

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Mercy Hospital Washington	Washington	26	22%	740	Yes
Phelps County Regional Medical Center	Rolla	38	20%	663	Yes
Mercy Hospital Jefferson	Crystal City	43	17%	625	Yes
SSM St Clare Health Center	Fenton	44	28%	927	Yes
Progress West Hospital	Ofallon	44	21%	677	Yes
SSM St Joseph Hospital West	Lake Saint Louis	47	22%	1,132	Yes