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Hospitals in Maine with the lowest COPD death rate

19 Maine hospitals ranked by COPD death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: St Joseph Hospital, Northern Light Mercy Hospital, York Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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19 hospitals ranked in Maine by copd death rate; 17 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCOPD death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal beds
National average8.6%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · Acute care7.5%3413.0%14.6%15.6%1.06186 min0.92112Compare
2Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland, ME · Acute care7.6%44—11.6%13.9%0.89208 min1.00230Compare
3York HospitalYork, ME · Acute care7.7%4511.3%13.0%14.8%0.92166 min0.9579Compare
4Mainehealth Waldo HospitalBelfast, ME · Critical access7.9%34—14.9%15.0%—152 min—25Compare
5Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care8.2%4310.9%12.0%14.5%0.98253 min1.02250Compare
6Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · Acute care8.5%5312.0%11.4%13.4%0.80219 min0.99411Compare
7Northern Light Sebasticook Valley HospitalPittsfield, ME · Critical access8.7%23——15.3%—187 min—25Compare
T8Northern Light A R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME · Acute care8.9%24—12.4%15.0%1.10200 min0.8689Compare
T8Northern Maine Medical CenterFort Kent, ME · Critical access8.9%—512.6%9.7%——140 min—25Compare
10LincolnHealthDamariscotta, ME · Critical access9.3%34—12.4%14.4%—144 min—25Compare
11Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Acute care9.4%4412.7%15.1%14.4%0.95187 min0.92287Compare
12Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · Acute care9.5%3311.6%11.2%15.3%0.90206 min0.8764Compare
13Mainehealth Stephens HospitalNorway, ME · Critical access9.8%45—12.4%15.0%—125 min—25Compare
14Cary Medical CenterCaribou, ME · Acute care10.6%14—13.9%15.0%0.96141 min0.8465Compare
15Togus VA Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Veterans Affairs10.7%4513.8%10.3%14.7%0.95——841Compare
16Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · Acute care11.1%3313.7%12.0%15.5%0.98196 min0.9092Compare
17Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME · Acute care11.6%4312.9%13.7%14.2%1.02207 min1.02606Compare
18Redington Fairview General HospitalSkowhegan, ME · Critical access12.1%25—14.3%14.5%—128 min—25Compare
19Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME · Acute care12.2%3412.2%11.4%15.3%0.93158 min0.92109Compare

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.

COPD death rate
30-day death rate for COPD patients.
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).