Mount Auburn Hospital: labor and delivery in Cambridge, MA
Mount Auburn Hospital is a hospital in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts that delivers babies. It handled 2,536 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 23% delivered by C-section (1,120 such births). That is below the Massachusetts rate of 28% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 23%First-birth C-section rate
- 2,536Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 297Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 4 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Mount Auburn Hospital
- Newborn care: NICU on site
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) support
- Water birth options
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
330 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Middlesex County
Call (617) 492-3500 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Private
How Mount Auburn Hospital compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 23% | 28% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 297 | 364 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 47 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%. Not counting transfusion-only cases: Top 25% (fewest complications).
In Massachusetts, Mount Auburn Hospital has the 6th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 36 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
- 75% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 71% 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
Mount Auburn 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 Cambridge
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Health Alliance | Cambridge | 1.6 | 26% | 1,237 | Yes |
| Boston Medical Center-Brighton | Brighton | 1.8 | 30% | 434 | Yes |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston | 2.9 | 27% | 4,831 | Yes |
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | Boston | 3.2 | 28% | 6,814 | Yes |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | 3.5 | 30% | 3,386 | Yes |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston | 4.1 | 32% | 2,567 | Yes |
More labor and delivery in Cambridge
More in Middlesex County
- Metrowest Medical Center (Framingham)
- Lowell General Hospital (Lowell)
- Melrosewakefield Healthcare (Melrose)
- Newton-Wellesley Hospital (Newton)
- Emerson Hospital (W Concord)
- Winchester Hospital (Winchester)
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