St Luke's Elmore Medical Center: labor and delivery in Mountain Home, ID
St Luke's Elmore Medical Center is a hospital in Mountain Home, Elmore County, Idaho that delivers babies. It handled 187 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 25% delivered by C-section (65 such births). That is above the Idaho rate of 20% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 25%First-birth C-section rate
- 187Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 330Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 5 of 5Patient survey stars
- 5 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at St Luke's Elmore Medical Center
- Midwifery care
- VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) support
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
895 North 6th East
Mountain Home, ID 83647
Elmore County
Call (208) 587-8401 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Critical Access hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Private
How St Luke's Elmore Medical Center compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 25% | 20% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 330 | 246 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 76 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.
In Idaho, St Luke's Elmore Medical Center has the 14th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 16 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
- 77% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 75% 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
St Luke's Elmore 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 Mountain Home
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Luke's Regional Medical Center | Boise | 41 | 21% | 5,777 | Yes |
| Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center | Boise | 43 | 22% | 1,458 | Yes |
| Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa | Nampa | 52 | 14% | 1,048 | Yes |
| St Luke's Nampa Medical Center | Nampa | 56 | 16% | 1,361 | Yes |
| St Lukes Magic Valley Medical Center | Twin Falls | 73 | 24% | 1,771 | Yes |
| St Luke's Wood River Medical Center | Ketchum | 76 | 27% | 165 | Yes |
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