St Mark's Hospital: labor and delivery in Salt Lake City, UT
St Mark's Hospital is a hospital in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah that delivers babies. It handled 1,737 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 23% delivered by C-section (382 such births). That is above the Utah rate of 20% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 23%First-birth C-section rate
- 1,737Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 80Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 4 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at St Mark's Hospital
- Newborn care: Level III NICU
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- Epidural and pain relief options
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- Birth center tours
- OB hospitalists on staff
- High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
1200 East 3900 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
Salt Lake County
Call (801) 268-7111 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: For-profit
How St Mark's Hospital compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 23% | 20% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 80 | 169 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 64 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Top 25% (fewest complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Middle 50%.
In Utah, St Mark's Hospital has the 26th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 33 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
- 69% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 68% 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 Mark's 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 Salt Lake City
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermountain Medical Center | Murray | 1.9 | 21% | 3,322 | Yes |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics | Salt Lake City | 5.8 | 19% | 5,093 | Yes |
| Lds Hospital | Salt Lake City | 6.4 | 22% | 1,817 | Yes |
| Intermountain Health Alta View Hospital | Sandy | 7.5 | 26% | 935 | Yes |
| Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan Valley | West Jordan | 9.3 | 20% | 1,715 | Yes |
| Lone Peak Hospital | Draper | 11 | 22% | 1,900 | Yes |
More labor and delivery in Salt Lake City
More in Salt Lake County
- Lone Peak Hospital (Draper)
- Intermountain Medical Center (Murray)
- Intermountain Health Riverton Hospital (Riverton)
- Intermountain Health Alta View Hospital (Sandy)
- Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan Valley (West Jordan)
Hospitals in Salt Lake City that do not offer labor and delivery: Holy Cross Hospital - Salt Lake.
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