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Sutter Lakeside Hospital: labor and delivery in Lakeport, CA

Sutter Lakeside Hospital is a hospital in Lakeport, Lake County, California that delivers babies. It handled 253 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 20% delivered by C-section (75 such births). That is below the California rate of 25% and below the U.S. median of 26%.

20%First-birth C-section rate
253Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
318Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
4 of 5Patient survey stars
4 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Sutter Lakeside Hospital

Newborn care: NICU on site
Midwifery care
Lactation consultants
Birth center tours

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

Address and phone

5176 Hill Road East
Lakeport, CA 95453
Lake County

Call (707) 262-5000 Directions

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

How Sutter Lakeside Hospital compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	California	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	20%	25%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	318	286	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	125	–	68

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

In California, Sutter Lakeside Hospital has the 22nd-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 179 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: 4 of 5 stars
74% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
78% 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

Sutter Lakeside 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 Lakeport

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley	Ukiah	16	25%	717	Yes
Adventist Health Clearlake	Clearlake	19	14%	115	Yes
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital	Santa Rosa	43	27%	1,422	Yes
Kaiser Foundation Hospital-Santa Rosa	Santa Rosa	45	26%	1,851	Yes
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital	Santa Rosa	47	20%	911	Yes
Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center	Napa	63	23%	724	Yes