Maternité Port Royal

What Maternité Port Royal does

Maternité Port Royal is a Type 3 (highest-level) public maternity hospital located at 123 Boulevard de Port Royal in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, operating as an integrated unit of the Cochin Hospital within the AP-HP (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris) network and affiliated with Université Paris Cité. The facility was created in its current form in February 2012 through the merger of the former Maternité Port Royal and Maternité Saint-Vincent de Paul teams, though the institution traces its origins to the 1802 founding of the Baudelocque Midwifery School, the oldest in the world. In 2024 it delivered 5,068 babies from 4,890 women, including a disproportionate share of high-risk cases such as twin pregnancies, advanced maternal age (11% aged 40+), and women with prior cesarean sections (26%).

Service portfolio spans the full obstetric and neonatal continuum: pregnancy monitoring consultations, a Prenatal Ultrasound Center performing 8,000+ ultrasounds annually with 25 sonographers, the CPDPN multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis center (Agence de Biomédecine-approved for amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, and fetal karyotyping), the CEMAM expert center for maternal autoimmune diseases, multiple delivery modalities including a dedicated Salle Nature physiological birth room opened in May 2014, anesthesia services, and a 63-bed Neonatal Medicine and Resuscitation service (21 resuscitation, 21 intensive care, 11 neonatology, 10 mother-child unit). Specialized consultations cover tobacco cessation, dietetics, psychology, psychiatry, addiction, and disability support. The facility is staffed by 17 senior gynecologist-obstetricians, 83 midwives, plus pediatricians, anesthesiologists, psychologists, social workers, and nurses.

Revenue is generated entirely through France's public healthcare system: services are billed to the Sécurité sociale via the AP-HP administrative structure under DRG-based tariffs, with 100% statutory coverage from the 6th month of pregnancy through 12 days post-delivery. There are no private or self-pay service lines. The maternity's website is owned by Association Budin, which collects fees from teaching activities. Strategically, Maternité Port Royal is the coordinating site of the FHU PREMA network linking 5 university perinatal centers across Île-de-France (18,500 births, 2,000+ preterm babies annually), and partners with Inserm research units, the CIC-P00901 clinical investigation center, and Université Paris Cité for academic training and preterm-birth research. Patient acquisition flows through the AP-HP registration portal, the Ville-Hôpital referral network of city midwives and gynecologists, and institutional academic affiliations.

Name

Maternité Port Royal

Legal name

Association Budin

Website

https://materniteportroyal.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Maternité Port Royal is a Type 3 public maternity hospital in Paris's 14th arrondissement, part of AP-HP and affiliated with Université Paris Cité. It delivers around 5,000 babies annually, handles high-risk pregnancies, complex neonatal care, and prenatal diagnosis, and coordinates the FHU PREMA research network across five Île-de-France perinatal centers.

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Product category

Maternity & Neonatal Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Maternity & Perinatal Hospitals (Acute Care) (HLAFAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Maternal-Fetal Medicine (High-Risk Pregnancy) Centers (HLAFAJAB), General Obstetrics (Prenatal/Antepartum Care) (HLAKAJAA)

Keywords

• Obstetric healthcare services
• Neonatal intensive care
• Prenatal diagnosis
• Maternity hospital care
• High-risk pregnancy management

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Services: As a public maternity hospital (Type 3) within AP-HP, services are funded through the French social security system. No private sector services; all care covered by statutory health insurance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Maternité Port Royal is a Type 3 university maternity hospital in Paris providing comprehensive obstetric, neonatal, and prenatal diagnosis services. It delivers approximately 5,000 babies per year through pregnancy monitoring, multiple delivery modalities (natural birth in the dedicated Salle Nature, epidural, cesarean, twin, and breech deliveries), and postnatal care with a 63-bed neonatal medicine and resuscitation unit. The facility integrates specialized centers (prenatal ultrasound, prenatal diagnosis, functional explorations) and specialized consultations (tobacco, dietetics, psychology, autoimmune diseases, addiction) within the AP-HP public hospital network.

Product overview

Maternité Port Royal is a Type 3 university maternity hospital located in Paris's 14th arrondissement, welcoming approximately 5,200 births annually. The facility operates as a comprehensive maternal and neonatal healthcare platform combining pregnancy monitoring consultations, prenatal diagnosis services, multiple delivery modalities (including the dedicated Salle Nature for natural births), and extensive postnatal care. The hospital integrates specialized units such as the Prenatal Ultrasound Center, Prenatal Diagnosis Unit (CPDPN), Functional Explorations Center, and Neonatal Medicine and Resuscitation service with 63 beds. Key services include specialized consultations (tobacco cessation, dietetics, psychology, autoimmune diseases, addiction), vaccination services, and digital support tools including virtual tours and a pregnancy date calculator. The hospital serves as a teaching facility affiliated with Paris Cité University and operates within the FHU PREMA network for premature birth research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FHU PREMA: Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Combattre la Prématurité - a university hospital federation dedicated to combating prematurity, coordinating research and clinical care across five perinatal centers including Port Royal.
• CIC-P00901
• Centre CEMAM
• CPDPN de Cochin

Products and services

• Pregnancy Follow-up Consultations Comprehensive pregnancy monitoring including first consultation, monthly consultations, blood tests, ultrasounds, and specialized consultations for high-risk pregnancies; for pregnant women at Maternité Port Royal.
• Prenatal Ultrasound Center Coordinated ultrasound service performing approximately 8,000 ultrasounds annually including 3,000 expert examinations, staffed by 25 ultrasonographers; for pregnant women referred to Maternité Port Royal.
• Prenatal Diagnosis Unit (Diagnostic Anténatal / CPDPN de Cochin) Specialized prenatal diagnosis service providing genetic counseling, amniocentesis, trophoblast biopsy (chorionic villus sampling), and fetal karyotype analysis within the Cochin Multidisciplinary Center for Prenatal Diagnosis (CPDPN); for pregnant women requiring advanced prenatal diagnosis.
• Anesthesia Consultation Systematic anesthesia consultation during the 8th month of pregnancy to inform patients about pain management during delivery, epidural analgesia, and cesarean anesthesia; for pregnant patients planning delivery at Maternité Port Royal.
• Childbirth Services Comprehensive delivery services including normal delivery, cesarean section (programmed and emergency), breech delivery, twin delivery, and delivery on scarred uterus; for pregnant women admitted to Maternité Port Royal.
• Salle Nature (Natural Birth Room) Dedicated room for physiological births without epidural, equipped with large delivery table, ropes, ball, bathtub for pain relief, and wireless monitoring; for low-risk patients choosing natural birth; 141 women used it in 2024 with 63% successfully delivering there.
• Postnatal Care (Suites de Naissance) Post-delivery hospitalization with individual rooms, breastfeeding support, mother-child unit for babies requiring medical care, and administrative formalities assistance; for mothers and newborns following delivery at Maternité Port Royal.
• Vaccination Services Vaccination recommendations and administration during pregnancy including flu, COVID-19, pertussis, and RSV vaccines to protect both mother and newborn; for pregnant patients at Maternité Port Royal.
• Functional Explorations Center End-of-pregnancy surveillance service including temperature, blood pressure, urine analysis, fetal heart rate monitoring, and monitoring of pregnancy pathologies like diabetes and hypertension; for pregnant patients requiring close monitoring.
• Specialized Consultations Specialized consultations including tobacco cessation, social services, dietetics, psychology, autoimmune diseases, psychiatry, addiction, and disability support; for pregnant women requiring specialized support during pregnancy.
• Neonatal Medicine and Resuscitation Neonatal intensive care service with 63 beds (21 resuscitation, 21 intensive care, 11 current neonatology, 10 mother-child unit) founded in 1967 by Pr Alexandre Minkowski; for premature and at-risk newborns delivered at or transferred to Maternité Port Royal.

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,068 babies born in 2024
• +3 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AP-HP (Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaternité Port Royal is part of the AP-HP hospital network, France's largest hospital system. All registration, administration, and healthcare funding flows through AP-HP systems.
• FHU PREMA (Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire Combattre la Prématurité)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of 5 university perinatal centers across Ile-de-France (Cochin/Port-Royal, Louis Mourier, Armand Trousseau, Bichat, GH Paris Saint-Joseph) with 145 physicians and 220 midwives, conducting research on preterm birth with 12 research teams
• Université Paris CitécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for medical education and research. Medical teams conduct research and teach at the university, which also houses the Baudelocque Midwifery School (oldest in the world, founded 1802)
• Centre CEMAM (Centre Expert des Maladies Maternelles)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExpert center for maternal diseases providing multidisciplinary care for autoimmune pathologies, integrated with Cochin Hospital's internal medicine department
• CPDPN de Cochin (Centre Pluridisciplinaire de Diagnostic PréNatal)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis center with Biomédecine agency approval, providing genetic counseling, amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, and fetal karyotype analysis
• CIC-P00901 (Centre d'Investigation Clinique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMixed Inserm/AP-HP clinical investigation center providing logistical, technical and methodological support for clinical research design and implementation
• EPOPé Research TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINSERM/Université Paris-Descartes research team within CRESS, studying maternal health during pregnancy, pediatric health related to birth context, and long-term child development
• UMR 1016 FGTBminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch unit studying genomics, epigenetics and pathophysiology of reproduction from gametes to birth
• UMR 1139 PHMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch unit on pathophysiology and pharmacotoxicology of human placenta, pre and postnatal microbiota
• Ville-Hôpital NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of liberal midwives, general practitioners, and gynecologists allowing externalized follow-up for low-risk pregnancies with collaboration and referral back to the maternity for high-risk cases or delivery
• Jumeaux et Plus (Twins and More Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation providing information meetings for couples expecting twins or more, co-organized with the maternity several times per year

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Rotunda Hospital: Historic Dublin maternity hospital handling one of Europe's largest single-site birth volumes (~8,000+ annually); comparable as a standalone university-affiliated maternity with high-acuity and academic-training functions.
• GH Paris Saint-Joseph — Maternité: Non-profit Paris maternity hospital and FHU PREMA member; comparable Type 3-equivalent perinatal services including prenatal diagnosis and neonatal intensive care.
• Maternité de l'Hôpital Louis-Mourier: AP-HP maternity in Colombes (northwestern Île-de-France) and FHU PREMA member offering similar obstetric, neonatal, and externalized prenatal follow-up services.
• Maternité de l'Hôpital Antoine-Béclère: Another AP-HP Type 3 maternity in the southern Île-de-France (Clamart), providing the same high-acuity obstetric and neonatal services and competing for complex referrals within the same public network.
• Maternité de l'Hôpital Armand-Trousseau: AP-HP pediatric and maternity hospital in eastern Paris; part of the FHU PREMA network and a direct co-member, sharing preterm-birth research and competing for complex obstetric cases.
• Maternité de l'Hôpital Robert-Debré: AP-HP university maternity and pediatric hospital in northern Paris; another Type 3-equivalent facility offering high-risk pregnancy management, neonatology, and prenatal diagnosis within the same network.

Broad incumbents

• Hôpital Cochin (AP-HP): Parent AP-HP hospital site hosting Maternité Port Royal; offers a broad academic hospital portfolio beyond maternity (internal medicine, surgery, ICU) and provides the institutional infrastructure within which the maternity operates.
• Karolinska University Hospital — Solna: Swedish academic hospital with a major obstetrics/neonatology program; broader portfolio than Port Royal but comparable in scale, research intensity, and high-risk pregnancy management capability.

Regional players

• CHU de Bordeaux — Hôpital Pellegrin: Major French university maternity outside the AP-HP network, providing Type 3-level obstetric and neonatal services in Nouvelle-Aquitaine — comparable in clinical scope but operating in a different catchment area.
• Hospices Civils de Lyon — Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant: Lyon university hospital's mother-and-child facility offering high-acuity obstetrics, prenatal diagnosis, and neonatology — a comparable French academic maternity outside the Paris/AP-HP territory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Profiles11 records

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