Hospital rankings
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.
| # | Hospital | Serious complicationslower is better | Central line bloodstream infectionslower is better | Catheter-associated urinary tract infectionslower is better | Surgical site infections (colon)lower is better | Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)lower is better | MRSA bloodstream infectionslower is better | C. diff infectionslower is better | Compare |
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| National average | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| 1 | Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center | 0.80, 93rd percentile | 0.50, 48th percentile | 0.98, 12th percentile | 0.19, 79th percentile | — | 0.61, 49th percentile | 0.36, 38th percentile | Compare Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center |
| 2 | Northern Light Mercy Hospital | 0.89, 75th percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.88, 16th percentile | 0.85, 40th percentile | — | 0.94, 24th percentile | 0.69, 13th percentile | Compare Northern Light Mercy Hospital |
| 3 | Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital | 0.90, 73rd percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.23, 58th percentile | Compare Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital |
| 4 | York Hospital | 0.92, 67th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | Compare York Hospital |
| 5 | Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital | 0.93, 63rd percentile | — | — | — | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.49, 25th percentile | Compare Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital |
| T6 | Maine General Medical Center | 0.95, 55th percentile | 1.24, 10th percentile | 0.63, 29th percentile | 0.88, 38th percentile | 1.81, 18th percentile | 0.23, 78th percentile | 0.11, 73rd percentile | Compare Maine General Medical Center |
| T6 | Togus VA Medical Center | 0.95, 55th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | — | Compare Togus VA Medical Center |
| 8 | Cary Medical Center | 0.96, 51st percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.31, 45th percentile | Compare Cary Medical Center |
| T9 | Central Maine Medical Center | 0.98, 41st percentile | 0.69, 32nd percentile | 0.12, 73rd percentile | 0.51, 64th percentile | — | 0.00, 91st percentile | 0.38, 36th percentile | Compare Central Maine Medical Center |
| T9 | Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital | 0.98, 41st percentile | 0.00, 90th percentile | 0.38, 52nd percentile | 0.00, 91st percentile | — | 0.95, 23rd percentile | 0.10, 75th percentile | Compare Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital |
| 11 | Mainehealth Maine Medical Center | 1.02, 31st percentile | 0.63, 36th percentile | 1.52, 4th percentile | 0.96, 33rd percentile | 1.78, 19th percentile | 0.56, 54th percentile | 0.27, 52nd percentile | Compare Mainehealth Maine Medical Center |
| 12 | St Joseph Hospital | 1.06, 25th percentile | 0.88, 21st percentile | 1.65, 3rd percentile | 2.12, 4th percentile | — | 0.67, 43rd percentile | 0.35, 39th percentile | Compare St Joseph Hospital |
| 13 | Northern Light A R Gould Hospital | 1.10, 19th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 1.66, 2nd percentile | Compare Northern Light A R Gould Hospital |
| 14 | St Mary's Regional Medical Center | 1.22, 9th percentile | — | — | — | — | — | 0.00, 90th percentile | 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).
- Central line bloodstream infections
- Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in ICUs and select wards (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (colon)
- Surgical site infections from colon surgery (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- Surgical site infections (hysterectomy)
- Surgical site infections from abdominal hysterectomy (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- MRSA bloodstream infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood laboratory-identified events (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).
- C. diff infections
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections (standardized infection ratio; 1.0 = national baseline).