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Hospitals in Maine with the lowest hospital-wide readmission rate

31 Maine hospitals ranked by hospital-wide readmission rate in the 2025 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Northern Light Mercy Hospital, Houlton Regional Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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31 hospitals ranked in Maine by hospital-wide readmission rate; 5 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Heart failure 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	Compare
	National average	15.0%	11.9%	11.1%	15.2%	8.6%	2.4%	11.9%
1	Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · Acute care	13.4%, 98th percentile	12.0%, 42nd percentile	11.4%, 41st percentile	15.1%, 51st percentile	8.5%, 49th percentile	2.2%, 55th percentile	13.0%, 28th percentile	Compare Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
2	Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland, ME · Acute care	13.9%, 94th percentile	—	11.6%, 37th percentile	11.9%, 92nd percentile	7.6%, 75th percentile	—	9.7%, 85th percentile	Compare Northern Light Mercy Hospital
3	Houlton Regional HospitalHoulton, ME · Critical access	14.1%, 91st percentile	—	—	16.0%, 38th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Houlton Regional Hospital
4	Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME · Acute care	14.2%, 89th percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	13.7%, 10th percentile	15.1%, 51st percentile	11.6%, 3rd percentile	1.6%, 93rd percentile	11.0%, 62nd percentile	Compare Mainehealth Maine Medical Center
T5	Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Acute care	14.4%, 83rd percentile	12.7%, 21st percentile	15.1%, 3rd percentile	14.4%, 63rd percentile	9.4%, 26th percentile	—	11.9%, 45th percentile	Compare Maine General Medical Center
T5	LincolnHealthDamariscotta, ME · Critical access	14.4%, 83rd percentile	—	12.4%, 23rd percentile	15.0%, 52nd percentile	9.3%, 28th percentile	—	17.2%, 5th percentile	Compare LincolnHealth
T7	Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	14.5%, 79th percentile	10.9%, 80th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	17.7%, 16th percentile	8.2%, 58th percentile	2.6%, 33rd percentile	12.8%, 31st percentile	Compare Central Maine Medical Center
T7	Redington Fairview General HospitalSkowhegan, ME · Critical access	14.5%, 79th percentile	—	14.3%, 6th percentile	16.0%, 38th percentile	12.1%, 2nd percentile	—	14.2%, 16th percentile	Compare Redington Fairview General Hospital
T9	Mount Desert Island HospitalBar Harbor, ME · Critical access	14.6%, 74th percentile	—	—	14.8%, 56th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Mount Desert Island Hospital
T9	Northern Light C A Dean HospitalGreenville, ME · Critical access	14.6%, 74th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Northern Light C A Dean Hospital
T11	Down East Community HospitalMachias, ME · Critical access	14.7%, 68th percentile	—	—	16.1%, 36th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Down East Community Hospital
T11	St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	14.7%, 68th percentile	—	12.0%, 30th percentile	16.2%, 35th percentile	—	—	9.0%, 93rd percentile	Compare St Mary's Regional Medical Center
T11	Togus VA Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Veterans Affairs	14.7%, 68th percentile	13.8%, 5th percentile	10.3%, 64th percentile	11.9%, 92nd percentile	10.7%, 8th percentile	—	—	Compare Togus VA Medical Center
T14	York HospitalYork, ME · Acute care	14.8%, 61st percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	16.9%, 25th percentile	7.7%, 72nd percentile	—	12.5%, 36th percentile	Compare York Hospital
T14	Penobscot Valley HospitalLincoln, ME · Critical access	14.8%, 61st percentile	—	—	17.7%, 16th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Penobscot Valley Hospital
T16	Millinocket Regional HospitalMillinocket, ME · Critical access	14.9%, 54th percentile	13.9%, 4th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Millinocket Regional Hospital
T16	Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial HospitalBlue Hill, ME · Critical access	14.9%, 54th percentile	—	—	16.8%, 26th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial Hospital
T18	Mainehealth Stephens HospitalNorway, ME · Critical access	15.0%, 46th percentile	—	12.4%, 23rd percentile	17.7%, 16th percentile	9.8%, 18th percentile	—	13.0%, 28th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Stephens Hospital
T18	Mainehealth Waldo HospitalBelfast, ME · Critical access	15.0%, 46th percentile	—	14.9%, 4th percentile	15.0%, 52nd percentile	7.9%, 66th percentile	—	11.2%, 58th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Waldo Hospital
T18	Northern Light A R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME · Acute care	15.0%, 46th percentile	—	12.4%, 23rd percentile	15.6%, 43rd percentile	8.9%, 38th percentile	—	12.2%, 40th percentile	Compare Northern Light A R Gould Hospital
T18	Cary Medical CenterCaribou, ME · Acute care	15.0%, 46th percentile	—	13.9%, 8th percentile	20.5%, 3rd percentile	10.6%, 9th percentile	—	11.8%, 47th percentile	Compare Cary Medical Center
T18	Calais Community HospitalCalais, ME · Critical access	15.0%, 46th percentile	—	—	21.0%, 2nd percentile	—	—	—	Compare Calais Community Hospital
T18	Rumford HospitalRumford, ME · Critical access	15.0%, 46th percentile	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare Rumford Hospital
24	Mainehealth Franklin HospitalFarmington, ME · Critical access	15.1%, 40th percentile	—	—	13.7%, 73rd percentile	—	—	13.7%, 21st percentile	Compare Mainehealth Franklin Hospital
T25	Bridgton HospitalBridgton, ME · Critical access	15.3%, 28th percentile	—	12.5%, 22nd percentile	19.3%, 7th percentile	—	—	—	Compare Bridgton Hospital
T25	Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME · Acute care	15.3%, 28th percentile	12.2%, 35th percentile	11.4%, 41st percentile	17.3%, 20th percentile	12.2%, 2nd percentile	—	11.5%, 53rd percentile	Compare Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital
T25	Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · Acute care	15.3%, 28th percentile	11.6%, 58th percentile	11.2%, 46th percentile	15.3%, 48th percentile	9.5%, 24th percentile	—	11.9%, 45th percentile	Compare Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
T25	Northern Light Sebasticook Valley HospitalPittsfield, ME · Critical access	15.3%, 28th percentile	—	—	16.4%, 31st percentile	8.7%, 43rd percentile	—	—	Compare Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital
29	Northern Light Mayo HospitalDover Foxcroft, ME · Critical access	15.4%, 23rd percentile	—	—	16.4%, 31st percentile	—	—	15.8%, 9th percentile	Compare Northern Light Mayo Hospital
30	Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · Acute care	15.5%, 19th percentile	13.7%, 6th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	20.7%, 3rd percentile	11.1%, 5th percentile	—	12.5%, 36th percentile	Compare Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital
31	St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · Acute care	15.6%, 16th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	14.6%, 5th percentile	15.4%, 46th percentile	7.5%, 78th percentile	—	12.2%, 40th percentile	Compare St Joseph 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.

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.
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.
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.