Pender Community Hospital: labor and delivery in Pender, NE
Pender Community Hospital is a hospital in Pender, Thurston County, Nebraska that delivers babies. It handled 118 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 26% delivered by C-section (42 such births). That is above the Nebraska rate of 24% and the same as the U.S. median of 26%.
- 26%First-birth C-section rate
- 118Deliveries in 2025
- 208Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
Address and phone
100 Hospital Drive, Po Box 100
Pender, NE 68047
Thurston County
Call (402) 385-3083 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Critical Access hospital
- Ownership: Government, Local
How Pender Community Hospital compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 26% | 24% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 208 | 244 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 61 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.
In Nebraska, Pender Community Hospital has the 14th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 22 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
- 94% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 96% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Pender
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Medical Center | Wayne | 17 | – | 50 | Yes |
| St Francis Memorial Hospital | West Point | 19 | – | 37 | Yes |
| St Lukes Regional Medical Center | Sioux City | 33 | 22% | 2,127 | Yes |
| Faith Health | Norfolk | 37 | 20% | 831 | Yes |
| Methodist Fremont Health | Fremont | 47 | 32% | 324 | Yes |
| Memorial Community Hospital & Health System | Blair | 49 | – | 63 | Yes |
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