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Hospitals in Maine with the lowest serious complications

14 Maine hospitals ranked by serious complications in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Northern Light Mercy Hospital, Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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14 hospitals ranked in Maine by serious complications; 22 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Serious complicationslower is better	Overall star ratinghigher is better	Patient survey star ratinghigher is better	Heart attack death ratelower is better	Heart failure death ratelower is better	Hospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 data	Time in emergency departmentlower is better	Medicare spending per patientlower is better	Total beds	Compare
	National average	1.00		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	162 min	1.00
1	Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME · Acute care	0.80, 93rd percentile	5, 94th percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.0%, 42nd percentile	11.4%, 41st percentile	13.4%, 98th percentile	219 min, 12th percentile	0.99, 50th percentile	411	Compare Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center
2	Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland, ME · Acute care	0.89, 75th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	11.6%, 37th percentile	13.9%, 94th percentile	208 min, 15th percentile	1.00, 44th percentile	230	Compare Northern Light Mercy Hospital
3	Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME · Acute care	0.90, 73rd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	11.6%, 58th percentile	11.2%, 46th percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	206 min, 16th percentile	0.87, 93rd percentile	64	Compare Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital
4	York HospitalYork, ME · Acute care	0.92, 67th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	5, 97th percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	166 min, 38th percentile	0.95, 71st percentile	79	Compare York Hospital
5	Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME · Acute care	0.93, 63rd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	12.2%, 35th percentile	11.4%, 41st percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	158 min, 43rd percentile	0.92, 83rd percentile	109	Compare Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital
T6	Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Acute care	0.95, 55th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	12.7%, 21st percentile	15.1%, 3rd percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	187 min, 26th percentile	0.92, 83rd percentile	287	Compare Maine General Medical Center
T6	Togus VA Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Veterans Affairs	0.95, 55th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	5, 97th percentile	13.8%, 5th percentile	10.3%, 64th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	—	—	841	Compare Togus VA Medical Center
8	Cary Medical CenterCaribou, ME · Acute care	0.96, 51st percentile	1, 3rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	13.9%, 8th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	141 min, 55th percentile	0.84, 96th percentile	65	Compare Cary Medical Center
T9	Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	4, 73rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	10.9%, 80th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	14.5%, 79th percentile	253 min, 5th percentile	1.02, 33rd percentile	250	Compare Central Maine Medical Center
T9	Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · Acute care	0.98, 41st percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	13.7%, 6th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	15.5%, 19th percentile	196 min, 21st percentile	0.90, 88th percentile	92	Compare Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital
11	Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME · Acute care	1.02, 31st percentile	4, 73rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	13.7%, 10th percentile	14.2%, 89th percentile	207 min, 16th percentile	1.02, 33rd percentile	606	Compare Mainehealth Maine Medical Center
12	St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · Acute care	1.06, 25th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	14.6%, 5th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	186 min, 26th percentile	0.92, 83rd percentile	112	Compare St Joseph Hospital
13	Northern Light A R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME · Acute care	1.10, 19th percentile	2, 17th percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	12.4%, 23rd percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	200 min, 19th percentile	0.86, 94th percentile	89	Compare Northern Light A R Gould Hospital
14	St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	1.22, 9th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	12.0%, 30th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	135 min, 61st percentile	0.97, 61st percentile	233	Compare St Mary's Regional 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.

Serious complications: Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
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.
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).