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Sioux Center Health: labor and delivery in Sioux Center, IA

Sioux Center Health is a hospital in Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa that delivers babies. It handled 249 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 17% delivered by C-section (82 such births). That is below the Iowa rate of 24% and below the U.S. median of 26%.

17%First-birth C-section rate
249Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
452Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
5 of 5Patient survey stars

Birth services at Sioux Center Health

Water birth options
Lactation consultants
Skin-to-skin time after birth
Childbirth and parenting classes

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

Address and phone

1101 9th Street SE
Sioux Center, IA 51250
Sioux County

Call (712) 722-1271 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Critical Access hospital
Ownership: Nonprofit, Private

How Sioux Center Health compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Iowa	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	17%	24%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	452	204	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	55	–	68

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

In Iowa, Sioux Center Health has the 10th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 43 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: 5 of 5 stars
85% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
88% 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

Sioux Center Health 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 Sioux Center

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Orange City Area Health System	Orange City	5.2	45%	227	–
Sanford Sheldon Medical Center	Sheldon	17	8%	120	–
Floyd Valley Healthcare	Le Mars	19	25%	110	Yes
Cherokee Regional Medical Center	Cherokee	38	–	81	Yes
St Lukes Regional Medical Center	Sioux City	40	22%	2,127	Yes
Sanford Luverne Medical Center	Luverne	41	–	57	–