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Rooms | Services | Professionals | Other

Rooms

Hospital

Private

Rooms

Private Postpartum Rooms

Private

Showers

Birthing Tubs

Rooming

In

Beds or Chairs

for Partners

Kaiser Roseville Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Kaiser South

Yes

 8 Private Rooms

Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mercy Folsom

Yes

10 Private Rooms Yes No Yes Yes
Mercy General

Yes

4 Private Rooms; with C-Section Patient Priority Yes No Yes Yes
Mercy Methodist

Yes

All Private Yes No Yes Yes

Mercy San Juan

Yes

Semi-Private Rooms Yes No Yes Yes
Sutter Davis

Yes

All Private Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sutter Memorial

Yes

 42 Beds; 12 Private Rooms 10 No Yes Yes
Sutter Roseville Yes Private, Mostly Private Yes No Yes Yes
UC Davis Medical Center Yes 4 Private Rooms Yes No Yes Yes

 

Services

Hospital

NICU

Baby Taken to Nursury

VBAC'S

3-D Ultrasounds

Kaiser Roseville Yes No Yes No
Kaiser South

No

Not Routinely

Trial of Labor after C-Section No
Mercy Folsom

No

Yes, for Evaluation With Anesthesiologist Approval No
Mercy General

No

No Yes No
Mercy Methodist

No

For Hearing Screen Before Discharge Yes Yes

Mercy San Juan

Yes

No Depends on Doctor Yes
Sutter Davis

No

No No No
Sutter Memorial

Yes

After 1 to 2 Hours for Evaluation Yes No
Sutter Roseville Yes After Birth for Bathing and Evaluation Yes No
UC Davis Medical Center Yes No Yes No

 

Professionals 

Hospital

Lactation Consultants

Midwives

Anesthesiologists on Call

Kaiser Roseville Yes Yes Yes
Kaiser South

Yes (8am-4pm)

Yes

Yes
Mercy Folsom

Yes (Daytime Hours)

No Yes, 2 on call at all times
Mercy General

Yes ( Day)

No Yes
Mercy Methodist

Yes ( Daytime Hours)

No In House

Mercy San Juan

Yes (Daytime Hours and Weekends)

No In House
Sutter Davis

Yes

Yes 2 on-call
Sutter Memorial

Yes (Daytime Hours)

No Yes
Sutter Roseville Yes (Every Other Day) No Yes
UC Davis Medical Center Yes (Daytime Hours) have Lactation Clinic No In House

 Other

Hospital

Cesarean Rate
Cost for Basic Birth*

Other

Kaiser Roseville 23.2% $8,006  Birth Balls Acceptable
Kaiser South 14.2% $8,006

 

Mercy Folsom 19.4% $10,417

 

Mercy General 26.3%
$10,417

 

Mercy Methodist 22.2% $10,417

Level 2 NICU

Mercy San Juan

25.1% $10,417

Level 3 Trauma Center and NICU

Sutter Davis 14.8% $7,261

Most nurses speak Spanish

Sutter Memorial 25.8% $13,875

 

Sutter Roseville 25.2% $7,822  
UC Davis Medical Center 25.3% $12,384 Has Breastfeding Support Group Tuesdays and Thursdays

 * Approx cost for very basic birth including Room and Board for one day (if a patient were to stay past midnight they would have to pay for another day), 8 hours of labor assessment and observation, 8 hours of IV hydration (without medications), and the delivery.  All medications, interventions, and procedures are additional costs.

 

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