Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Maine with the lowest surgical site infections (colon)
8 Maine hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (colon) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Central Maine Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (colon)lower 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 | ||||
| 1 | Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital | 0.00, 91st 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 |
| 2 | Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | 0.19, 79th 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 |
| 3 | Central Maine Medical Center | 0.51, 64th 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 |
| 4 | Northern Light Mercy Hospital | 0.85, 40th 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 |
| 5 | Maine General Medical Center | 0.88, 38th 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 |
| 6 | Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | 0.96, 33rd 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 |
| 7 | Mainehealth Franklin Hospital | 1.94, 6th percentile | 3, 43rd percentile | 4, 76th percentile | — | — | 15.1%, 40th percentile | — | 170 min, 35th percentile | — | 25 | Compare Mainehealth Franklin Hospital |
| 8 | St Joseph Hospital | 2.12, 4th 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.
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (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).