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Northern Light Mayo Hospital

897 West Main Street, Dover Foxcroft, ME 04426 · (207) 564-4251

Rural (critical access) hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room

Northern Light Mayo Hospital is a government-owned rural critical-access hospital in Dover Foxcroft, Maine (Piscataquis County), with 25 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 2 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 3 of 5 stars, and 61% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. It lists $1.91 for every $1 its care costs, less than the typical Maine hospital ($2.99).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (159 surveys)
$1.91listed for every $1 its care costs Maine typical $2.99
2 h 24 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
25beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★3 of 5 · 159 surveys

61%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
62%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

2 h 24 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
1%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
78%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: low.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Pneumonia
16.4%
Stroke
15.8%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
22.1%
Pneumonia
17.0%
Infections and complications lower is better
C. diff intestinal infections
0.50
≈ Same as US

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$52what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
$8.1Mnet income, all sources
7.8%margin on patient care alone
$143,365cost of charity care (0.2% of costs)
$582,941unpaid bills written off (bad debt)
270full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024.

Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

This hospital has no Medicare stay data for 2024. Medicare data covers mostly patients 65 and older, so psychiatric, children's and very small hospitals often don't appear.

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26 miles awayNorthern Light C a Dean HospitalGreenville, MENot rated$1.27 listed per $1 of cost28 miles awayNorthern Light Sebasticook Valley HospitalPittsfield, ME★★★★★$2.21 listed per $1 of cost34 miles awaySt Joseph HospitalBangor, ME★★★★★$3.22 listed per $1 of cost34 miles awayNorthern Light Acadia HospitalBangor, MENot rated35 miles awayNorthern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME★★★★★$3.04 listed per $1 of cost

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