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UPMC Hanover: labor and delivery in Hanover, PA

UPMC Hanover is a hospital in Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania that delivers babies. It handled 461 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 26% delivered by C-section (174 such births). That is below the Pennsylvania rate of 27% and the same as the U.S. median of 26%.

26%First-birth C-section rate
461Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
318Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
3 of 5Patient survey stars
4 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at UPMC Hanover

Newborn care: NICU on site
Midwifery care
Doula support
VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) support
Lactation consultants
High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care

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

Address and phone

300 Highland Ave
Hanover, PA 17331
York County

Call (717) 637-3711 Directions

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

How UPMC Hanover compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Pennsylvania	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	26%	27%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	318	263	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	54	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.

In Pennsylvania, UPMC Hanover has the 29th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 72 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
67% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
74% 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

UPMC Hanover 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 Hanover

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
UPMC Memorial	York	12	31%	564	Yes
Gettysburg Hospital	Gettysburg	13	97%	111	Yes
Wellspan York Hospital	York	17	99%	1,153	Yes
Carroll Hospital Center	Westminster	17	23%	900	Yes
UPMC Carlisle	Carlisle	29	27%	968	Yes
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals	Harrisburg	31	29%	2,899	Yes