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Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center: labor and delivery in Show Low, AZ

Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Show Low, Navajo County, Arizona that delivers babies. It handled 642 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 29% delivered by C-section (175 such births). That is above the Arizona rate of 23% and above the U.S. median of 26%.

29%First-birth C-section rate
642Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
250Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
2 of 5Patient survey stars
4 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center

Newborn care: Level II special care nursery
Midwifery care
Epidural and pain relief options
Lactation consultants
Childbirth and parenting classes
Birth center tours
OB hospitalists on staff

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

Address and phone

2200 East Show Low Lake Road
Show Low, AZ 85901
Navajo County

Call (928) 537-4375 Directions

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

How Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Arizona	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	29%	23%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	250	174	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	114	–	68

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

In Arizona, Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center has the 33rd-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 38 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: 2 of 5 stars
60% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
61% 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

Summit Healthcare Regional 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 Show Low

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Whiteriver Phs Indian Hospital	Whiteriver	26	–	–	Yes
Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center	Globe	72	39%	222	Yes
Banner Payson Medical Center	Payson	74	17%	131	Yes
Little Colorado Medical Center	Winslow	76	23%	161	–
Zuni Comprehensive Community Health Center	Zuni	90	–	–	Yes
Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center	Safford	97	8%	554	Yes