Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Maine with the lowest surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
2 Maine hospitals ranked by surgical site infections (hysterectomy) in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mainehealth Maine Medical Center, Maine General Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.
| # | Hospital | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 1.00 | 3.3 | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.0% | 1.00 | 162 min | 1.00 | ||||
| 1 | Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | 1.78, 19th 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 |
| 2 | Maine General Medical Center | 1.81, 18th 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 |
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 (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (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).