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Hospitals in Maine with the highest patients would recommend

25 Maine hospitals ranked by patients would recommend in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mount Desert Island Hospital, Northern Light Mercy Hospital, Togus VA 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 would recommend; 11 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalPatients would recommendhigher 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 average873.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
1Mount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor, ME · Critical access96—5——14.6%—130 min—25Compare
T2Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland, ME · Acute care9444—11.6%13.9%0.89208 min1.00230Compare
T2Togus VA Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Veterans Affairs944513.8%10.3%14.7%0.95——841Compare
T2St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · Acute care943413.0%14.6%15.6%1.06186 min0.92112Compare
T5LincolnHealthDamariscotta, ME · Critical access9334—12.4%14.4%—144 min—25Compare
T5Redington Fairview General HospitalSkowhegan, ME · Critical access9325—14.3%14.5%—128 min—25Compare
T7Mainehealth Stephens HospitalNorway, ME · Critical access9245—12.4%15.0%—125 min—25Compare
T7Northern Maine Medical CenterFort Kent, ME · Critical access92—512.6%9.7%——140 min—25Compare
T9St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care9144—12.0%14.7%1.22135 min0.97233Compare
T9York HospitalYork, ME · Acute care914511.3%13.0%14.8%0.92166 min0.9579Compare
T9Mainehealth Waldo HospitalBelfast, ME · Critical access9134—14.9%15.0%—152 min—25Compare
T12Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Acute care904412.7%15.1%14.4%0.95187 min0.92287Compare
T12Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · Acute care903313.7%12.0%15.5%0.98196 min0.9092Compare
T12Cary Medical CenterCaribou, ME · Acute care9014—13.9%15.0%0.96141 min0.8465Compare
15Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME · Acute care894312.9%13.7%14.2%1.02207 min1.02606Compare
16Mainehealth Franklin HospitalFarmington, ME · Critical access8834——15.1%—170 min—25Compare
17Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME · Acute care873412.2%11.4%15.3%0.93158 min0.92109Compare
18Northern Light Sebasticook Valley HospitalPittsfield, ME · Critical access8623——15.3%—187 min—25Compare
T19Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care844310.9%12.0%14.5%0.98253 min1.02250Compare
T19Northern Light A R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME · Acute care8424—12.4%15.0%1.10200 min0.8689Compare
T19Northern Light Mayo HospitalDover Foxcroft, ME · Critical access8423——15.4%—144 min—25Compare
T22Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · Acute care835312.0%11.4%13.4%0.80219 min0.99411Compare
T22Bridgton HospitalBridgton, ME · Critical access8333—12.5%15.3%—118 min—25Compare
T22Houlton Regional HospitalHoulton, ME · Critical access8334——14.1%—194 min—25Compare
25Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · Acute care823311.6%11.2%15.3%0.90206 min0.8764Compare

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 would recommend
HCAHPS willingness to recommend the hospital, 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).