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Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center: labor and delivery in Enola, PA

Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center is a hospital in Enola, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania that delivers babies. It handled 1,076 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 26% delivered by C-section (382 such births). That is below the Pennsylvania rate of 27% and the same as the U.S. median of 26%.

26%First-birth C-section rate
1,076Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
293Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
4 of 5Patient survey stars
4 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Newborn care: Level IV NICU
Private labor and delivery rooms
Midwifery care
Lactation consultants
Skin-to-skin time after birth
Childbirth and parenting classes
Birth center tours
High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care

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

Address and phone

2200 Good Hope Road
Enola, PA 17025
Cumberland County

Call (717) 981-9000 Directions

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

How Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Pennsylvania	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	26%	27%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	293	263	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	76	–	68

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

In Pennsylvania, Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center has the 29th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 72 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
79% 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

Penn State Health Hampden 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 Enola

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals	Harrisburg	6.5	29%	2,899	Yes
UPMC Carlisle	Carlisle	14	27%	968	Yes
Milton S Hershey Medical Center	Hershey	16	29%	2,303	Yes
Wellspan York Hospital	York	28	99%	1,153	Yes
UPMC Memorial	York	29	31%	564	Yes
Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital	Lebanon	30	97%	213	Yes