Valley Regional Medical Center: labor and delivery in Brownsville, TX
Valley Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas that delivers babies. It handled 1,614 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 21% delivered by C-section (423 such births). That is below the Texas rate of 26% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 21%First-birth C-section rate
- 1,614Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 71Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 2 of 5Patient survey stars
- 2 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Valley Regional Medical Center
- Newborn care: Level III NICU
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Epidural and pain relief options
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- Birth center tours
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
100 A Alton Gloor
Brownsville, TX 78526
Cameron County
Call (956) 350-7000 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: For-profit
How Valley Regional Medical Center compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 21% | 26% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 71 | 248 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 80 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Top 25% (fewest complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Middle 50%.
In Texas, Valley Regional Medical Center has the 25th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 164 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
- 65% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 65% 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
Valley 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 Brownsville
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Baptist Medical Center- Brownsville | Brownsville | 4.2 | – | 2,211 | Yes |
| Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLC | Harlingen | 17 | – | 2,048 | Yes |
| Knapp Medical Center | Weslaco | 31 | 36% | 1,333 | Yes |
| South Texas Health System | Edinburg | 46 | 28% | 1,948 | Yes |
| Rio Grande Regional Hospital | McAllen | 46 | 24% | 1,523 | Yes |
| Doctors Hospital at Renaissance | Edinburg | 47 | 29% | 3,941 | Yes |
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