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Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center: labor and delivery in Huntersville, NC

Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center is a hospital in Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina that delivers babies. It handled 1,875 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 27% delivered by C-section (671 such births). That is above the North Carolina rate of 25% and above the U.S. median of 26%.

27%First-birth C-section rate
1,875Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
277Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
3 of 5Patient survey stars
4 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

Midwifery care
Childbirth and parenting classes
Birth center tours

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

Address and phone

10030 Gilead Road
Huntersville, NC 28078
Mecklenburg County

Call (704) 316-4000 Directions

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

How Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	North Carolina	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	27%	25%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	277	289	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	63	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.

In North Carolina, Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center has the 48th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 71 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
70% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
70% 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

Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center 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 Huntersville

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Atrium Health University City	Charlotte	8.8	27%	2,270	Yes
Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital	Mooresville	9.9	–	–	Yes
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center	Charlotte	13	30%	4,941	Yes
Carolinas Medical Center/Behav Health	Charlotte	14	24%	6,767	Yes
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast	Concord	15	27%	2,831	Yes
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center	Charlotte	17	27%	517	Yes