17 WI Hospitals Named Among 'Best' For Maternity Care In New Report

WISCONSIN — Seventeen Wisconsin hospitals ranked in a new ranking of the Best Hospitals for Maternity Care for 2023-24 released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

The ranking of 680 hospitals nationwide is a guide for parents making one of the most important decisions of their lives — where their baby will be born. Each hospital participating in the U.S. News survey received a scorecard describing their performance on a checklist of items parents look for when choosing where to have their baby.

Jennifer Winston, a health data scientist for U.S. News, said the top hospitals in the survey are those with a “high performing” designation for care given to patients with uncomplicated pregnancies.

Winston explained in a news release that these hospitals had Cesarean Section rates of 26 percent or lower and newborn complication rates of 37 percent or lower.

Of the 22 Wisconsin hospitals that participated in the U.S. News maternity services survey, the following received the high-performing designation:

• Aurora BayCare Medical Center
• Aurora Lakeland Medical Center
• Aurora Medical Center-Bay Area
• Aurora Medical Center-Grafton
• Aurora Medical Center-Oshkosh
• Aurora Medical Center-Summit
• Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center
• Aurora West Allis Medical Center
• Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin
• Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital
• Marshfield Medical Center
• Marshfield Medical Center-Eau Claire Hospital
• Marshfield Medical Center-Weston
• Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare in La Crosse
• Sauk Prairie Healthcare-Prairie Du Sac
• UnityPoint Health Meriter
• Watertown Regional Medical Center

These hospitals participated in the survey but were not "high performing" according to U.S. News & World Report:

• Aurora Medical Center-Kenosha
• Aurora Medical Center-Manitowoc County
• Aurora Sinai Medical Center
• Froedtert West Bend Hospital
• Mayo Clinic Eau Claire