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Best hospitals in Maine

1 of the 23 Maine hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 8 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 40 Maine hospitalsBest hospitals by stateMaine ranks 15th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

1five-star hospitals
8four-star hospitals
23hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 40 in the state
74%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
3 h 6 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 9

1Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend60%Typical ER visit3 h 39 minListed per $1 of cost$3.042York HospitalYork · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 46 minListed per $1 of cost$2.943Mainehealth Stephens HospitalNorway · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit2 h 5 minListed per $1 of cost$1.994Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend85%Typical ER visit3 h 28 minListed per $1 of cost$2.945St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 15 minListed per $1 of cost$3.056Maine General Medical CenterAugusta · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend74%Typical ER visit3 h 7 minListed per $1 of cost$2.887Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend74%Typical ER visit3 h 27 minListed per $1 of cost$2.998Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend64%Typical ER visit4 h 13 minListed per $1 of cost$3.259Down East Community HospitalMachias · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Would recommend63%Typical ER visit3 h 15 minListed per $1 of cost$2.36
How Maine's 23 rated hospitals score
15 stars
84 stars
93 stars
42 stars
11 star

Every rated hospital in Maine

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 39 min$3.04
2York HospitalYork★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 46 min$2.94
3Mainehealth Stephens HospitalNorway★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 5 min$1.99
4Northern Light Mercy HospitalPortland★★★★★★★★★★85%3 h 28 min$2.94
5St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 15 min$3.05
6Maine General Medical CenterAugusta★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 7 min$2.88
7Mainehealth Maine Medical CenterPortland★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 27 min$2.99
8Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston★★★★★★★★★★64%4 h 13 min$3.25
9Down East Community HospitalMachias★★★★★–63%3 h 15 min$2.36
10St Joseph HospitalBangor★★★★★★★★★★85%3 h 6 min$3.22
11LincolnhealthDamariscotta★★★★★★★★★★83%2 h 24 min$1.84
12Mainehealth Waldo HospitalBelfast★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 32 min$2.10
13Mainehealth Franklin HospitalFarmington★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 50 min$2.24
14Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 38 min$2.53
15Houlton Regional HospitalHoulton★★★★★★★★★★60%3 h 14 min$1.77
16Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 16 min$2.57
17Bridgton HospitalBridgton★★★★★★★★★★61%1 h 58 min$2.92
18Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth★★★★★★★★★★58%3 h 26 min$3.00
19Redington Fairview General HospitalSkowhegan★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 8 min$1.77
20Northern Light a R Gould HospitalPresque Isle★★★★★★★★★★61%3 h 20 min$3.32
21Northern Light Sebasticook Valley HospitalPittsfield★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 7 min$2.21
22Northern Light Mayo HospitalDover Foxcroft★★★★★★★★★★61%2 h 24 min$1.91
23Cary Medical CenterCaribou★★★★★★★★★★77%2 h 21 min$2.74
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.