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Northern Maine Medical Center

194 E Main Street, Fort Kent, ME 04743 · (207) 834-3195

Rural (critical access) hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency room

Northern Maine Medical Center is a non-profit rural critical-access hospital in Fort Kent, Maine (Aroostook County). It has an emergency room. In CMS's patient survey it scores 5 of 5 stars, and 77% of patients said they would definitely recommend it.

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Not ratedCMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (141 surveys)
2 h 20 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★5 of 5 · 141 surveys

77%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
86%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 20 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
91%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%
Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart attack
12.6%
Heart failure
9.7%
Pneumonia
15.9%
Stroke
25.7%
COPD
8.9%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart attack
14.4%
Heart failure
20.7%
Pneumonia
16.6%
Infections and complications lower is better
C. diff intestinal infections
0.00
≈ 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.

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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under 1 mile awayNorthern Maine Medical CenterFort Kent, MENot rated$1.70 listed per $1 of cost39 miles awayCary Medical CenterCaribou, ME★★★★★$2.74 listed per $1 of cost49 miles awayNorthern Light a R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME★★★★★$3.32 listed per $1 of cost

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