Stormont Vail Hospital: labor and delivery in Topeka, KS
Stormont Vail Hospital is a hospital in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas that delivers babies. It handled 1,551 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 24% delivered by C-section (450 such births). That is the same as the Kansas rate of 24% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 24%First-birth C-section rate
- 1,551Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 231Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 4 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Stormont Vail Hospital
- Newborn care: Level III NICU
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- Epidural and pain relief options
- VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) support
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Rooming-in with your baby
- 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
1500 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66604
Shawnee County
Call (785) 354-6121 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Private
How Stormont Vail Hospital compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 24% | 24% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 231 | 164 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 53 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%. Not counting transfusion-only cases: Top 25% (fewest complications).
In Kansas, Stormont Vail Hospital has the 15th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 27 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
- 76% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 72% 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
Stormont Vail 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 Topeka
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Kansas Health System - St Francis Campus | Topeka | 0.3 | 21% | 901 | Yes |
| Lmh | Lawrence | 25 | 19% | 851 | Yes |
| Adventhealth Ottawa | Ottawa | 39 | – | – | Yes |
| Community Hospital, Onaga and St Marys Campus | Onaga | 40 | – | 70 | Yes |
| Amberwell Atchison Association | Atchison | 42 | – | 36 | Yes |
| University of Kansas Health System Olathe Hospital | Olathe | 49 | 18% | 1,420 | Yes |
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