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Hospitals in Maine with the highest patients' overall rating

25 Maine hospitals ranked by patients' overall rating in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: LincolnHealth, Mount Desert Island Hospital, Northern Maine Medical Center. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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25 hospitals ranked in Maine by patients' overall rating; 11 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients' overall ratinghigher 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 average883.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1LincolnHealthDamariscotta, ME · Critical access9434—12.4%14.4%—144 min—25Compare
T1Mount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor, ME · Critical access94—5——14.6%—130 min—25Compare
T1Northern Maine Medical CenterFort Kent, ME · Critical access94—512.6%9.7%——140 min—25Compare
4Redington Fairview General HospitalSkowhegan, ME · Critical access9325—14.3%14.5%—128 min—25Compare
T5Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland, ME · Acute care9244—11.6%13.9%0.89208 min1.00230Compare
T5Togus VA Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Veterans Affairs924513.8%10.3%14.7%0.95——841Compare
T5York HospitalYork, ME · Acute care924511.3%13.0%14.8%0.92166 min0.9579Compare
T5St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · Acute care923413.0%14.6%15.6%1.06186 min0.92112Compare
T9Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Acute care914412.7%15.1%14.4%0.95187 min0.92287Compare
T9Mainehealth Stephens HospitalNorway, ME · Critical access9145—12.4%15.0%—125 min—25Compare
T11Mainehealth Waldo HospitalBelfast, ME · Critical access9034—14.9%15.0%—152 min—25Compare
T11Cary Medical CenterCaribou, ME · Acute care9014—13.9%15.0%0.96141 min0.8465Compare
T13St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care8944—12.0%14.7%1.22135 min0.97233Compare
T13Mainehealth Franklin HospitalFarmington, ME · Critical access8934——15.1%—170 min—25Compare
T13Northern Light Sebasticook Valley HospitalPittsfield, ME · Critical access8923——15.3%—187 min—25Compare
T16Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME · Acute care884312.9%13.7%14.2%1.02207 min1.02606Compare
T16Houlton Regional HospitalHoulton, ME · Critical access8834——14.1%—194 min—25Compare
T16Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · Acute care883313.7%12.0%15.5%0.98196 min0.9092Compare
T16Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME · Acute care883412.2%11.4%15.3%0.93158 min0.92109Compare
20Bridgton HospitalBridgton, ME · Critical access8733—12.5%15.3%—118 min—25Compare
21Northern Light A R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME · Acute care8624—12.4%15.0%1.10200 min0.8689Compare
22Northern Light Mayo HospitalDover Foxcroft, ME · Critical access8523——15.4%—144 min—25Compare
T23Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care844310.9%12.0%14.5%0.98253 min1.02250Compare
T23Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · Acute care843311.6%11.2%15.3%0.90206 min0.8764Compare
25Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · Acute care835312.0%11.4%13.4%0.80219 min0.99411Compare

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.

Patients' overall rating
HCAHPS overall hospital rating, linear mean score (0-100).
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).