Hospital rankings

Hospitals in Maine with the lowest heart failure death rate

20 Maine hospitals ranked by heart failure death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Northern Maine Medical Center, Togus VA Medical Center, Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

CMS release

State

Size

CMS star rating

Emergency services

Hospital or city

20 hospitals ranked in Maine by heart failure death rate; 16 more match but have no reported value.

Compare top 4 Download CSV

Hospital rankings, page 1 of 1. Columns can be sorted.
#	Hospital	Heart failure death ratelower is better	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Pneumonia death ratelower is better	COPD 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	11.1%	11.9%	15.2%	8.6%	2.4%	11.9%	15.0%
1	Northern Maine Medical CenterFort Kent, ME · Critical access	9.7%, 75th percentile	12.6%, 23rd percentile	15.9%, 39th percentile	8.9%, 38th percentile	—	25.7%, 1st percentile	—	Compare Northern Maine Medical Center
2	Togus VA Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Veterans Affairs	10.3%, 64th percentile	13.8%, 5th percentile	11.9%, 92nd percentile	10.7%, 8th percentile	—	—	14.7%, 68th percentile	Compare Togus VA Medical Center
3	Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · Acute care	11.2%, 46th percentile	11.6%, 58th percentile	15.3%, 48th percentile	9.5%, 24th percentile	—	11.9%, 45th percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	Compare Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
T4	Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · Acute care	11.4%, 41st percentile	12.0%, 42nd percentile	15.1%, 51st percentile	8.5%, 49th percentile	2.2%, 55th percentile	13.0%, 28th percentile	13.4%, 98th percentile	Compare Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
T4	Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME · Acute care	11.4%, 41st percentile	12.2%, 35th percentile	17.3%, 20th percentile	12.2%, 2nd percentile	—	11.5%, 53rd percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital
6	Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland, ME · Acute care	11.6%, 37th percentile	—	11.9%, 92nd percentile	7.6%, 75th percentile	—	9.7%, 85th percentile	13.9%, 94th percentile	Compare Northern Light Mercy Hospital
T7	Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	12.0%, 30th percentile	10.9%, 80th percentile	17.7%, 16th percentile	8.2%, 58th percentile	2.6%, 33rd percentile	12.8%, 31st percentile	14.5%, 79th percentile	Compare Central Maine Medical Center
T7	St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	12.0%, 30th percentile	—	16.2%, 35th percentile	—	—	9.0%, 93rd percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	Compare St Mary's Regional Medical Center
T7	Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · Acute care	12.0%, 30th percentile	13.7%, 6th percentile	20.7%, 3rd percentile	11.1%, 5th percentile	—	12.5%, 36th percentile	15.5%, 19th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital
T10	Mainehealth Stephens HospitalNorway, ME · Critical access	12.4%, 23rd percentile	—	17.7%, 16th percentile	9.8%, 18th percentile	—	13.0%, 28th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Stephens Hospital
T10	LincolnHealthDamariscotta, ME · Critical access	12.4%, 23rd percentile	—	15.0%, 52nd percentile	9.3%, 28th percentile	—	17.2%, 5th percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	Compare LincolnHealth
T10	Northern Light A R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME · Acute care	12.4%, 23rd percentile	—	15.6%, 43rd percentile	8.9%, 38th percentile	—	12.2%, 40th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	Compare Northern Light A R Gould Hospital
13	Bridgton HospitalBridgton, ME · Critical access	12.5%, 22nd percentile	—	19.3%, 7th percentile	—	—	—	15.3%, 28th percentile	Compare Bridgton Hospital
14	York HospitalYork, ME · Acute care	13.0%, 15th percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	16.9%, 25th percentile	7.7%, 72nd percentile	—	12.5%, 36th percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	Compare York Hospital
15	Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME · Acute care	13.7%, 10th percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	15.1%, 51st percentile	11.6%, 3rd percentile	1.6%, 93rd percentile	11.0%, 62nd percentile	14.2%, 89th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Maine Medical Center
16	Cary Medical CenterCaribou, ME · Acute care	13.9%, 8th percentile	—	20.5%, 3rd percentile	10.6%, 9th percentile	—	11.8%, 47th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	Compare Cary Medical Center
17	Redington Fairview General HospitalSkowhegan, ME · Critical access	14.3%, 6th percentile	—	16.0%, 38th percentile	12.1%, 2nd percentile	—	14.2%, 16th percentile	14.5%, 79th percentile	Compare Redington Fairview General Hospital
18	St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · Acute care	14.6%, 5th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	15.4%, 46th percentile	7.5%, 78th percentile	—	12.2%, 40th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	Compare St Joseph Hospital
19	Mainehealth Waldo HospitalBelfast, ME · Critical access	14.9%, 4th percentile	—	15.0%, 52nd percentile	7.9%, 66th percentile	—	11.2%, 58th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Waldo Hospital
20	Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Acute care	15.1%, 3rd percentile	12.7%, 21st percentile	14.4%, 63rd percentile	9.4%, 26th percentile	—	11.9%, 45th percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	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.

Heart failure death rate: 30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Heart attack death rate: 30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Pneumonia death rate: 30-day death rate for pneumonia patients.
COPD death rate: 30-day death rate for COPD 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.