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Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital: labor and delivery in Grass Valley, CA

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California that delivers babies. It handled 388 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 30% delivered by C-section (144 such births). That is above the California rate of 25% and above the U.S. median of 26%.

30%First-birth C-section rate
388Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
504Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
3 of 5Patient survey stars
3 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital

Newborn care: NICU on site
Private labor and delivery rooms
Epidural and pain relief options
Water birth options
Lactation consultants
Childbirth and parenting classes
Birth center tours

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

Address and phone

155 Glasson Way
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Nevada County

Call (530) 274-6000 Directions

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

How Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	California	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	30%	25%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	504	286	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	65	–	68

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

In California, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital has the 151st-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 179 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
68% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
69% 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

Sierra Nevada Memorial 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 Grass Valley

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Oroville Hospital	Oroville	26	–	–	No
Adventist Health and Rideout	Marysville	30	23%	1,882	Yes
Sutter Roseville Medical Center	Roseville	34	23%	2,402	Yes
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville	Roseville	35	24%	6,581	Yes
Marshall Medical Center	Placerville	37	30%	340	Yes
Mercy Hospital of Folsom	Folsom	39	28%	797	Yes