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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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#	Hospital	COPD death ratelower is better	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Heart failure death ratelower is better	Pneumonia death ratelower is better	CABG surgery death ratelower is better	Stroke death ratelower is better	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	Compare
	National average	8.6%	11.9%	11.1%	15.2%	2.4%	11.9%	15.0%
1	St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · Acute care	7.5%, 78th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	14.6%, 5th percentile	15.4%, 46th percentile	—	12.2%, 40th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	Compare St Joseph Hospital
2	Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland, ME · Acute care	7.6%, 75th percentile	—	11.6%, 37th percentile	11.9%, 92nd percentile	—	9.7%, 85th percentile	13.9%, 94th percentile	Compare Northern Light Mercy Hospital
3	York HospitalYork, ME · Acute care	7.7%, 72nd percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	16.9%, 25th percentile	—	12.5%, 36th percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	Compare York Hospital
4	Mainehealth Waldo HospitalBelfast, ME · Critical access	7.9%, 66th percentile	—	14.9%, 4th percentile	15.0%, 52nd percentile	—	11.2%, 58th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Waldo Hospital
5	Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	8.2%, 58th percentile	10.9%, 80th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	17.7%, 16th percentile	2.6%, 33rd percentile	12.8%, 31st percentile	14.5%, 79th percentile	Compare Central Maine Medical Center
6	Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · Acute care	8.5%, 49th percentile	12.0%, 42nd percentile	11.4%, 41st percentile	15.1%, 51st percentile	2.2%, 55th percentile	13.0%, 28th percentile	13.4%, 98th percentile	Compare Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
7	Northern Light Sebasticook Valley HospitalPittsfield, ME · Critical access	8.7%, 43rd percentile	—	—	16.4%, 31st percentile	—	—	15.3%, 28th percentile	Compare Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital
T8	Northern Light A R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME · Acute care	8.9%, 38th percentile	—	12.4%, 23rd percentile	15.6%, 43rd percentile	—	12.2%, 40th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	Compare Northern Light A R Gould Hospital
T8	Northern Maine Medical CenterFort Kent, ME · Critical access	8.9%, 38th percentile	12.6%, 23rd percentile	9.7%, 75th percentile	15.9%, 39th percentile	—	25.7%, 1st percentile	—	Compare Northern Maine Medical Center
10	LincolnHealthDamariscotta, ME · Critical access	9.3%, 28th percentile	—	12.4%, 23rd percentile	15.0%, 52nd percentile	—	17.2%, 5th percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	Compare LincolnHealth
11	Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Acute care	9.4%, 26th percentile	12.7%, 21st percentile	15.1%, 3rd percentile	14.4%, 63rd percentile	—	11.9%, 45th percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	Compare Maine General Medical Center
12	Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · Acute care	9.5%, 24th percentile	11.6%, 58th percentile	11.2%, 46th percentile	15.3%, 48th percentile	—	11.9%, 45th percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	Compare Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
13	Mainehealth Stephens HospitalNorway, ME · Critical access	9.8%, 18th percentile	—	12.4%, 23rd percentile	17.7%, 16th percentile	—	13.0%, 28th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Stephens Hospital
14	Cary Medical CenterCaribou, ME · Acute care	10.6%, 9th percentile	—	13.9%, 8th percentile	20.5%, 3rd percentile	—	11.8%, 47th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	Compare Cary Medical Center
15	Togus VA Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Veterans Affairs	10.7%, 8th percentile	13.8%, 5th percentile	10.3%, 64th percentile	11.9%, 92nd percentile	—	—	14.7%, 68th percentile	Compare Togus VA Medical Center
16	Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · Acute care	11.1%, 5th percentile	13.7%, 6th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	20.7%, 3rd percentile	—	12.5%, 36th percentile	15.5%, 19th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital
17	Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME · Acute care	11.6%, 3rd percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	13.7%, 10th percentile	15.1%, 51st percentile	1.6%, 93rd percentile	11.0%, 62nd percentile	14.2%, 89th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Maine Medical Center
18	Redington Fairview General HospitalSkowhegan, ME · Critical access	12.1%, 2nd percentile	—	14.3%, 6th percentile	16.0%, 38th percentile	—	14.2%, 16th percentile	14.5%, 79th percentile	Compare Redington Fairview General Hospital
19	Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME · Acute care	12.2%, 2nd percentile	12.2%, 35th percentile	11.4%, 41st percentile	17.3%, 20th percentile	—	11.5%, 53rd percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Pen Bay 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.

COPD death rate: 30-day death rate for COPD 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.
CABG surgery death rate: 30-day death rate for CABG surgery 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.