Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Maine with the lowest MRSA bloodstream infections
8 Maine hospitals ranked by MRSA bloodstream infections in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Central Maine Medical Center, Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital, Maine General Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | MRSA bloodstream 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 | Central Maine Medical Center | 0.00, 91st 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 |
| T1 | Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital | 0.00, 91st percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | 12.2%, 35th percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.3%, 28th percentile | 0.93, 63rd percentile | 158 min, 43rd percentile | 0.92, 83rd percentile | 109 | Compare Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital |
| 3 | Maine General Medical Center | 0.23, 78th 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 |
| 4 | Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | 0.56, 54th 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 |
| 5 | Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | 0.61, 49th 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 |
| 6 | St Joseph Hospital | 0.67, 43rd 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 |
| 7 | Northern Light Mercy Hospital | 0.94, 24th 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 |
| 8 | Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital | 0.95, 23rd 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 |
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.
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (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).