Hospital rankings
Hospitals in Maine with the lowest CABG surgery death rate
3 Maine hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mainehealth Maine Medical Center, 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 | CABG surgery death ratelower is better | Heart attack death ratelower is better | Heart failure death ratelower is better | Pneumonia death ratelower is better | COPD death ratelower is better | Stroke death ratelower is better | Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 2.4% | 11.9% | 11.1% | 15.2% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 15.0% | ||
| 1 | Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | 1.6%, 93rd percentile | 12.9%, 17th percentile | 13.7%, 10th percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 11.6%, 3rd percentile | 11.0%, 62nd percentile | 14.2%, 89th percentile | Compare Mainehealth Maine Medical Center |
| 2 | Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | 2.2%, 55th percentile | 12.0%, 42nd percentile | 11.4%, 41st percentile | 15.1%, 51st percentile | 8.5%, 49th percentile | 13.0%, 28th percentile | 13.4%, 98th percentile | Compare Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center |
| 3 | Central Maine Medical Center | 2.6%, 33rd percentile | 10.9%, 80th percentile | 12.0%, 30th percentile | 17.7%, 16th percentile | 8.2%, 58th percentile | 12.8%, 31st percentile | 14.5%, 79th percentile | Compare Central Maine 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.
- CABG surgery death rate
- 30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
- Heart attack death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
- Heart failure death rate
- 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
- Pneumonia death rate
- 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
- COPD death rate
- 30-day death rate for COPD patients.
- Stroke death rate
- 30-day death rate for stroke 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.