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Hospitals in Maine with the smallest Medicare readmissions penalties

13 Maine hospitals ranked by readmissions penalty in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Central Maine Medical Center, Maine General Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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13 hospitals ranked in Maine by readmissions penalty; 23 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Readmissions penaltyhigher 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	−0.34%		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
T1	Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · Acute care	0.00%, 89th 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
T1	Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	0.00%, 89th 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	Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Acute care	0.00%, 89th 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
T1	Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME · Acute care	0.00%, 89th 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
T1	St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	0.00%, 89th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	12.0%, 30th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	1.22, 9th percentile	135 min, 61st percentile	0.97, 61st percentile	233	Compare St Mary's Regional Medical Center
T1	Northern Light A R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME · Acute care	0.00%, 89th percentile	2, 17th percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	12.4%, 23rd percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	1.10, 19th percentile	200 min, 19th percentile	0.86, 94th percentile	89	Compare Northern Light A R Gould Hospital
7	Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · Acute care	−0.03%, 73rd 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
8	Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland, ME · Acute care	−0.08%, 64th 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 Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · Acute care	−0.18%, 51st percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.6%, 58th percentile	11.2%, 46th percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	0.90, 73rd percentile	206 min, 16th percentile	0.87, 93rd percentile	64	Compare Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
10	York HospitalYork, ME · Acute care	−0.28%, 41st percentile	4, 73rd percentile	5, 97th percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	166 min, 38th percentile	0.95, 71st percentile	79	Compare York Hospital
11	Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME · Acute care	−0.40%, 31st 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
12	Cary Medical CenterCaribou, ME · Acute care	−0.59%, 20th percentile	1, 3rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	13.9%, 8th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	141 min, 55th percentile	0.84, 96th percentile	65	Compare Cary Medical Center
13	St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · Acute care	−1.37%, 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.

Readmissions penalty: Change to Medicare payments under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which cuts payments (by up to 3%) to hospitals with more readmissions than expected. 0% means no penalty..
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).