Maine Hospital Rankings & Safety Report

zReports Research Institute · Updated September 2026

Bythe zReports Healthcare Research Team · zReports Research Institute Data sourcezReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.09 Facilities analyzed36 Government sourcesthe state's licensing authority Last updatedSeptember 2026 MethodologyConsumer Z Score™ · Database v2026.09

Maine has 36 active licensed hospitals on the state's public file. zReports analyzed CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data to produce a records layer grade for every one, the government's own verdicts, mapped through one fixed rule. No facility can pay to change a score, and the grade is free.

Key findings

36active licensed hospitals across 29 Maine cities appear on the state's public file.
86.1%hold an A or B records layer grade, while 1 carry a D or F.
80.7is the statewide average records layer score across all graded hospitals.
Bangorhas the most licensed hospitals in the state (4).

Key statistics

StatisticValue
Active licensed hospitals36
Cities covered29
Statewide average records layer score80.7
Grade A facilities22 (61.1%)
Grade B facilities9 (25%)
Grade C facilities4 (11.1%)
Grade D facilities1 (2.8%)
Facilities with a clean record (no deficiencies on file)36 (100%)
Serious (high severity) findings on the record0
Moderate findings on the record0
Critical Access Hospital18
General Acute Care Hospital14
Psychiatric Hospital4

By city

Bangor (4)Augusta (3)Portland (2)Lewiston (2)Presque Isle (1)York (1)Brunswick (1)Caribou (1)Ellsworth (1)Rockport (1)Blue Hill (1)Greenville (1)Damariscotta (1)Lincoln (1)Bar Harbor (1)Calais (1)Rumford (1)Millinocket (1)Houlton (1)Dover Foxcroft (1)Bridgton (1)Machias (1)Belfast (1)Pittsfield (1)Skowhegan (1)Norway (1)Farmington (1)Fort Kent (1)Westbrook (1)

Statewide top 25

#1 Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor · A

#2 Northern Light Mercy Hospital Portland · A-

#3 Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland · A-

#4 York Hospital York · A-

#5 Central Maine Medical Center Lewiston · A-

#6 St Mary'S Regional Medical Center Lewiston · A-

#7 Maine General Medical Center Augusta · A-

#8 Togus Va Medical Center Augusta · A-

#9 Down East Community Hospital Machias · A-

#10 Mainehealth Stephens Hospital Norway · A-

#11 Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Blue Hill · A-

#12 Northern Light C A Dean Hospital Greenville · A-

#13 Penobscot Valley Hospital Lincoln · A-

#14 Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor · A-

#15 Calais Community Hospital Calais · A-

#16 Rumford Hospital Rumford · A-

#17 Millinocket Regional Hospital Millinocket · A-

#18 Northern Maine Medical Center Fort Kent · A-

#19 Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center Bangor · A-

#20 Mainehealth Behavioral Health At Spring Harbor Westbrook · A-

#21 Northern Light Acadia Hospital Bangor · A-

#22 Riverview Psychiatric Center Augusta · A-

#23 St Joseph Hospital Bangor · B

#24 Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick · B

#25 Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital Ellsworth · B

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Methodology

The free grade on this page contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the state's own published licensing and enforcement verdicts through one fixed rule, applied identically to every hospital in America. Where the record and public reputation diverge, a highly reviewed facility with serious findings on file, the paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ surfaces it through the composite Consumer Z Score™ and our published ten point methodology. Facilities are never contacted and cannot pay to change a score. Read the full methodology →

About hospital licensing in Maine

Hospitals in Maine are overseen by the state's licensing authority, whose certification, inspection, and quality-reporting data is published on the public record. This page is computed from CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data, the government’s own filings, not reviews or advertising.

Frequently asked questions

How many hospitals are there in Maine?

Maine has 36 active licensed hospitals on the state's public file, across 29 cities. Every one has a free records layer grade on zReports.

Which Maine city has the most hospitals?

Bangor, with 4 licensed hospitals, followed by Augusta (3) and Portland (2).

How are Maine hospital grades calculated?

The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment. It maps the government's own published verdicts, CMS Hospital Compare general information and quality data, through one fixed rule, applied identically to every hospital in the country. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™, which audits the record against public reputation through our published ten point methodology.

Why can a facility with 5-star reviews have a low grade?

Reviews and records are different surfaces. Reviews reflect what visitors chose to write, and can be managed by the business. Inspection and enforcement records are filed by the state, are mandatory, and cannot be edited by the facility. When the two diverge, the record is the surface worth checking. That divergence is exactly what zReports was built to surface.

How often are these rankings updated?

Rankings refresh whenever Maine republishes its licensing data; facility pages carry the records-verified date for each provider. This page was generated from the current file as of September 2026.

Can a facility pay to change its score?

No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. zReports has no business relationship with any facility it grades, independence is the product.

Data Provenance

This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.

Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.09 · Built from: CMS Provider Data Catalog · HHS OIG Exclusions List (LEIE) · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: September 2026

Cite this report

APA, zReports Research Institute. (2026). Maine Hospital Rankings & Safety Report (v2026.09). zReports.org. https://zreports.org/rankings/hospital/me

MLA, zReports Research Institute. “Maine Hospital Rankings & Safety Report.” zReports.org, v2026.09, September 2026, zreports.org/rankings/hospital/me.

Plain, Maine Hospital Rankings & Safety Report, zReports Research Institute, v2026.09, updated September 2026, zreports.org/rankings/hospital/me

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