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Hospitals in Maine with the highest value-based purchasing score

11 Maine hospitals ranked by value-based purchasing score in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital, Northern Light A R Gould Hospital, York Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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11 hospitals ranked in Maine by value-based purchasing score; 25 more match but have no reported value.

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#	Hospital	Value-based purchasing scorehigher 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	Serious complicationslower is better	Time in emergency departmentlower is better	Medicare spending per patientlower is better	Total beds	Compare
	National average	31		3.3	11.9%	11.1%	15.0%	1.00	162 min	1.00
1	Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME · Acute care	48, 92nd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	12.2%, 35th percentile	11.4%, 41st percentile	15.3%, 28th percentile	0.93, 63rd percentile	158 min, 43rd percentile	0.92, 83rd percentile	109	Compare Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital
2	Northern Light A R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME · Acute care	46, 89th percentile	2, 17th percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	12.4%, 23rd percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	1.10, 19th percentile	200 min, 19th percentile	0.86, 94th percentile	89	Compare Northern Light A R Gould Hospital
3	York HospitalYork, ME · Acute care	45, 88th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	5, 97th percentile	11.3%, 68th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	14.8%, 61st percentile	0.92, 67th percentile	166 min, 38th percentile	0.95, 71st percentile	79	Compare York Hospital
4	St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME · Acute care	44, 87th percentile	3, 43rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	13.0%, 15th percentile	14.6%, 5th percentile	15.6%, 16th percentile	1.06, 25th percentile	186 min, 26th percentile	0.92, 83rd percentile	112	Compare St Joseph Hospital
5	Cary Medical CenterCaribou, ME · Acute care	43, 85th percentile	1, 3rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	13.9%, 8th percentile	15.0%, 46th percentile	0.96, 51st percentile	141 min, 55th percentile	0.84, 96th percentile	65	Compare Cary Medical Center
6	St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	42, 84th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	12.0%, 30th percentile	14.7%, 68th percentile	1.22, 9th percentile	135 min, 61st percentile	0.97, 61st percentile	233	Compare St Mary's Regional Medical Center
7	Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · Acute care	42, 83rd percentile	3, 43rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	13.7%, 6th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	15.5%, 19th percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	196 min, 21st percentile	0.90, 88th percentile	92	Compare Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital
8	Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME · Acute care	39, 77th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	12.7%, 21st percentile	15.1%, 3rd percentile	14.4%, 83rd percentile	0.95, 55th percentile	187 min, 26th percentile	0.92, 83rd percentile	287	Compare Maine General Medical Center
9	Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland, ME · Acute care	25, 33rd percentile	4, 73rd percentile	4, 76th percentile	—	11.6%, 37th percentile	13.9%, 94th percentile	0.89, 75th percentile	208 min, 15th percentile	1.00, 44th percentile	230	Compare Northern Light Mercy Hospital
10	Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME · Acute care	23, 29th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	10.9%, 80th percentile	12.0%, 30th percentile	14.5%, 79th percentile	0.98, 41st percentile	253 min, 5th percentile	1.02, 33rd percentile	250	Compare Central Maine Medical Center
11	Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland, ME · Acute care	18, 10th percentile	4, 73rd percentile	3, 39th percentile	12.9%, 17th percentile	13.7%, 10th percentile	14.2%, 89th percentile	1.02, 31st percentile	207 min, 16th percentile	1.02, 33rd percentile	606	Compare Mainehealth Maine 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.

Value-based purchasing score: Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Total Performance Score (0-100), from outcomes, safety, patient experience and efficiency. It sets a Medicare bonus or penalty..
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).