Hospitals in Maine: ratings, owners and penalties for 36 hospitals

Name: Hospitals in Maine
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Maine has 36 hospitals in the CMS hospital files, 32 of them with emergency services. The average overall rating is 3.2 of 5 and 1 is rated one star. In fiscal year 2026, 4 of them faced a 1% Medicare payment reduction under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, and 7 had an excess readmission ratio above 1.0 on at least one condition tracked by the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

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Hospitals: 36
Average overall rating: 3.2 of 5
One star hospitals: 1
Five star hospitals: 1
With emergency services: 32
HAC payment reductions, fiscal year 2026: 4 of 13 in the program
With excess readmissions: 7

Hospitals by penalties and rating

Hospitals with a HAC payment reduction first, then by most conditions with excess readmissions, then by lowest star rating. Each row links to the page and its Medicare Care Compare record.

Hospital	City	Type	Stars	Emergency	HAC payment cut	Excess readmission conditions	Source
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital	Ellsworth	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Northern Light Mercy Hospital	Portland	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
York Hospital	York	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Northern Light a R Gould Hospital	Presque Isle	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	0	medicare.gov
Cary Medical Center	Caribou	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital	Rockport	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
St Joseph Hospital	Bangor	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital	Brunswick	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Northern Light Mayo Hospital	Dover Foxcroft	Critical Access Hospitals	2	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital	Pittsfield	Critical Access Hospitals	2	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Redington Fairview General Hospital	Skowhegan	Critical Access Hospitals	2	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Bridgton Hospital	Bridgton	Critical Access Hospitals	3	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Houlton Regional Hospital	Houlton	Critical Access Hospitals	3	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Lincolnhealth	Damariscotta	Critical Access Hospitals	3	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Mainehealth Franklin Hospital	Farmington	Critical Access Hospitals	3	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Mainehealth Waldo Hospital	Belfast	Critical Access Hospitals	3	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Central Maine Medical Center	Lewiston	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Down East Community Hospital	Machias	Critical Access Hospitals	4	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Maine General Medical Center	Augusta	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center	Portland	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Mainehealth Stephens Hospital	Norway	Critical Access Hospitals	4	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
St Mary's Regional Medical Center	Lewiston	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Togus VA Medical Center	Augusta	Acute Care, Veterans Administration	4	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center	Bangor	Acute Care Hospitals	5	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Calais Community Hospital	Calais	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center	Bangor	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Mainehealth Behavioral Health at Spring Harbor	Westbrook	Psychiatric	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Millinocket Regional Hospital	Millinocket	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Mount Desert Island Hospital	Bar Harbor	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Northern Light Acadia Hospital	Bangor	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial Hospital	Blue Hill	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Northern Light C a Dean Hospital	Greenville	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Northern Maine Medical Center	Fort Kent	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Penobscot Valley Hospital	Lincoln	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Riverview Psychiatric Center	Augusta	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Rumford Hospital	Rumford	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov

Star ratings

Overall rating	Hospitals
5 of 5	1
4 of 5	9
3 of 5	9
2 of 5	4
1 of 5	1
Not rated	12

Owners and managers with the most hospitals in Maine

Organization	Hospitals	Average stars	HAC payment cuts	With excess readmissions
Mainehealth Services	7	3.3	0	2
Eastern Maine Healthcare Services	5	2.8	3	2
Central Maine Healthcare Corporation	3	3.5	0	0
Covenant Health	2	3.5	0	1

Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CMS Provider Data Catalog and data.cms.gov, hospitals. Open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US government work). Ratings and program results are as CMS lists them on the date shown and CMS refreshes them on its own schedule. The CMS files are joined on the CMS Certification Number. CMS gives each owner organization an ID, and an owner page groups hospitals on that ID. Names of individual owners and managers are not shown. This page uses CMS data and is not endorsed or certified by CMS. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.