Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Maine with the lowest catheter-associated urinary tract infections
12 Maine hospitals ranked by catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mainehealth Stephens Hospital, Mainehealth Franklin Hospital, Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Overall star ratinghigher is better | Patient survey star ratinghigher is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Serious complicationslower is better | Time in emergency departmentlower is better | Medicare spending per patientlower is better | Total beds | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| T1 | Mainehealth Stephens Hospital | 0.00, 88th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 5, 97th percentile | — | 12.4%, 23rd percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 125 min, 70th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Mainehealth Stephens Hospital |
| T1 | Mainehealth Franklin Hospital | 0.00, 88th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 170 min, 35th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Mainehealth Franklin Hospital |
| T1 | Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital | 0.00, 88th percentile | 2, 17th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | — | — | 15.3%, 28th percentile | — | 187 min, 26th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital |
| 4 | Central Maine Medical Center | 0.12, 73rd percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 253 min, 5th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 250 | Compare Central Maine Medical Center |
| 5 | Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital | 0.38, 52nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 13.7%, 6th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 15.5%, 19th percentile | 0.98, 41st percentile | 196 min, 21st percentile | 0.90, 88th percentile | 92 | Compare Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital |
| 6 | Maine General Medical Center | 0.63, 29th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.7%, 21st percentile | 15.1%, 3rd percentile | 14.4%, 83rd percentile | 0.95, 55th percentile | 187 min, 26th percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 287 | Compare Maine General Medical Center |
| 7 | Mainehealth Waldo Hospital | 0.75, 22nd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 14.9%, 4th percentile | 15.0%, 46th percentile | — | 152 min, 48th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Mainehealth Waldo Hospital |
| 8 | Northern Light Mercy Hospital | 0.88, 16th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | 11.6%, 37th percentile | 13.9%, 94th percentile | 0.89, 75th percentile | 208 min, 15th percentile | 1.00, 44th percentile | 230 | Compare Northern Light Mercy Hospital |
| 9 | Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | 0.98, 12th percentile | 5, 94th percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 13.4%, 98th percentile | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 219 min, 12th percentile | 0.99, 50th percentile | 411 | Compare Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center |
| 10 | Houlton Regional Hospital | 1.32, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | 14.1%, 91st percentile | — | 194 min, 22nd percentile | — | 25 | Compare Houlton Regional Hospital |
| 11 | Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | 1.52, 4th percentile | 4, 73rd percentile | 3, 39th percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | 1.02, 31st percentile | 207 min, 16th percentile | 1.02, 33rd percentile | 606 | Compare Mainehealth Maine Medical Center |
| 12 | St Joseph Hospital | 1.65, 3rd percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 13.0%, 15th percentile | 14.6%, 5th percentile | 15.6%, 16th percentile | 1.06, 25th percentile | 186 min, 26th percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 112 | Compare St Joseph Hospital |
About these rankings
Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Overall star rating
- CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
- Patient survey star rating
- HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Hospital-wide readmission rate
- Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
- Serious complications
- Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
- Time in emergency department
- Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
- Medicare spending per patient
- Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
- Total beds
- Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).