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Newsweek Ranks Mercy Birth Centers Among America’s Best Maternity Hospitals in 2026

April 22, 2026

ST. LOUIS — It’s official: Nobody does maternity care better than Mercy in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. 

A birthing suite in the Love Family Women's Center at Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City. It shows a queen-sized, home-style bed used to mimic a home birth setting in the hospital. There is recessed lighting and crown-wood molding on the ceiling, a large sleeping couch and a rocking chair behind the bed, plus a large TV, and two large windows with blinds and curtains. A birthing suite in the Love Family Women's Center at Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, which is among six Mercy facilities on Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2026.

Newsweek’s just-released annual list of America’s Best Maternity Hospitals includes six Mercy hospitals. Mercy has more birth centers on the list than any other health care system in the states it serves.

“We’re proud to set the standard for maternity care in every community we serve,” said Dr. Todd Glass, physician leader for Mercy Obstetrics. “There’s no greater honor as a health care professional than being a part of the miracle of life when parents welcome a child into our world. We make it our mission to be the best of the best.”

Maternity Care Data

Newsweek used three data points to compile its list of top maternity hospitals this year: hospital quality metrics, patient experience and reputation score.

The data is pulled from public sources and recommendations from leading health care professionals in maternity care, including neonatal and perinatal physicians, nurses and midwives.

After crunching the numbers, four Mercy hospitals in Missouri made the list (Jefferson, Southeast, Springfield and St. Louis) along with the Mercy birthplaces in Northwest Arkansas and Oklahoma City.

Maternity Care With Mercy

Mercy offers a full range of maternity care, from preconception planning through pregnancy, delivery and postpartum care.

Mercy also provides fertility care, infertility treatment, prenatal care, high-risk pregnancy care, genetic counseling and natural childbirth services.

Mercy OB-GYNs and other providers across the communities Mercy serves provide seamless access and referrals to other services for all medical needs.

Visit the Birthplace page on mercy.net to find a tour of a Mercy birth center near you.

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