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Northern Dutchess Hospital: labor and delivery in Rhinebeck, NY

Northern Dutchess Hospital is a hospital in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York that delivers babies. It handled 972 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 33% delivered by C-section (371 such births). That is above the New York rate of 29% and above the U.S. median of 26%.

33%First-birth C-section rate
972Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
632Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
4 of 5Patient survey stars
4 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Northern Dutchess Hospital

Newborn care: Level I newborn nursery
Private labor and delivery rooms
Midwifery care
Epidural and pain relief options
Water birth options
Lactation consultants
Skin-to-skin time after birth
Rooming-in with your baby
Childbirth and parenting classes

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

Address and phone

6511 Springbrook Avenue
Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Dutchess County

Call (845) 871-3391 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
Ownership: Nonprofit, Private

How Northern Dutchess Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	New York	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	33%	29%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	632	374	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	70	–	68

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

In New York, Northern Dutchess Hospital has the 73rd-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 98 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
83% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
74% 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

Northern Dutchess 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 Rhinebeck

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Healthalliance Hospital Marys Avenue Campus	Kingston	4.6	42%	116	Yes
Vassar Brothers Medical Center	Poughkeepsie	17	30%	2,229	Yes
Sharon Hospital	Sharon	22	28%	152	Yes
Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall	Newburgh	30	35%	1,159	Yes
Fairview Hospital	Great Barrington	34	33%	106	–
Putnam Hospital Center	Carmel	40	20%	72	Yes