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HospitalCary Medical Center Estimated FY2026 net: +$11K×

Hospital record · FY2026CCN 200031

1Hospital

Cary Medical Center

2Location

Caribou, ME (Maine’s hospitals on the map and in the table) 04736

Aroostook County

3Type

Not a teaching hospital · 65 beds · Government · Rural · Medicare-dependent hospital

4Care Compare stars

1 of 5 stars

Overall rating, CMS Care Compare data of July 22, 2026
Open on Care Compare (opens in a new tab)

5Total HAC Score

0.1920

As CMS reports it

6Payment reduction

No cut
CMS’s value: No

7Estimated cut

$0
A cut would have been $44K, likely $31⁠–⁠49K estimate

No cut

$0

from this program

For fiscal year 2026, CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.1920 for Cary Medical Center and a payment reduction decision of No.

A cut would have taken about $44K estimate 1% of about $4.4M, this site’s estimate of what traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays in a year. Its score was 0.1879 under 0.3799, the lowest score CMS cut.

Likely range $31–49K

Its score was at or below CMS’s line, so this program did not cut its Medicare payments for the year. The score compares hospitals with each other; it is not a grade of the quality of care.

CMS cut scores of 0.3799 and above.

Each year CMS cuts the hospitals with the highest quarter of scores, those above the 75th percentile, so the line moves with other hospitals’ scores.

lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.1920 This hospital 0.1920 lowest −1.4728 highest 2.3133 1% cut Middle hospital: −0.0453 Middle hospital−0.0453 CMS’s line: 0.3799 and up CMS’s line0.3799 and up This hospital: 0.1920 This hospital 0.1920

Higher than 64% of the other 2,928 scores CMS published (higher is worse).

Its record, fiscal years 2015 to 2026 Cut in 1 of 11 years

  1. 15No
  2. 16No
  3. 17No
  4. 18Cut
  5. 19No
  6. 20No
  7. 21No
  8. 22No
  9. 23—
  10. 24No
  11. 25No
  12. 26No

Where the score came from

CMS scored this hospital on 3 of the 6 measures. On every measure a lower value is better. Each row puts the hospital among every hospital with a value: the gray columns are those hospitals, the tall tick is the national median, and the hatched ends score the same as CMS’s floor or cap.

Bringing CDI down to the national median (0.346) would lower the score the most: by 0.7718, to −0.5798. Try it in the what-if

Figure 1. Of its 3 measures with a value, this hospital is above the national median on 2; CDI added the most to its score.
  • This hospital
  • National median
  • Scores the same as CMS’s floor or cap
  1. PSI 90 (what it counts)

    Safety problems such as serious bedsores, falls that break a bone and blood clots after surgery, found by CMS in traditional Medicare claims. A value of 1 matches the national composite value.

    Patient safety and adverse events composite

    Worse than 51% of the other 2,808 hospitals

    estimate

    This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0021. How this site estimates

    CMS value0.9655

    Z-score−0.1605

    Part of score−0.0535

  2. CLABSI (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections tied to a central line, a tube often placed in a large vein in the neck, chest or groin. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Central line–associated bloodstream infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  3. CAUTI (what it counts)

    Urinary tract infections that start from a urinary catheter, a tube that drains the bladder. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

  4. SSI (what it counts)

    Deep infections at the site of colon surgery or an abdominal hysterectomy, within a month of the operation, pooled into one measure. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    Surgical site infections after colon surgery or abdominal hysterectomy

    Better than 87% of the other 2,269 hospitals

    CMS value0.000

    Z-score−1.4565

    Part of score−0.4855

  5. CDI (what it counts)

    C. diff infections, which cause diarrhea and inflammation of the colon, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    added the most

    Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections

    Worse than 99% of the other 2,766 hospitals

    estimate

    This site recomputes this measure’s z‑score from CMS’s published value. The recompute can differ from CMS’s z‑score by up to 0.0071. How this site estimates

    CMS value1.641

    Z-score2.1931

    Part of score+0.7310

  6. MRSA (what it counts)

    Bloodstream infections with MRSA, a germ that resists several antibiotics, found by a lab test and starting in the hospital. Hospitals report them to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network. A value of 1.0 means as many infections as the CDC’s model predicted.

    MRSA bloodstream infections

    Not scored on this measure

    CMS footnote 13: Results cannot be calculated for this reporting period.

    CMS footnote 5: Results are not available for this reporting period.

    CMS valueno value published

    Z-scoreno value published

    Part of scoreno value published

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureCMS valueNational medianZ-scorePart of the scoreAmong hospitals
PSI 900.96550.9623−0.1605−0.0535Worse than 51% of the other 2,808 hospitals
CLABSIno value published0.559no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
CAUTIno value published0.489no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure
SSI0.0000.795−1.4565−0.4855Better than 87% of the other 2,269 hospitals
CDI1.6410.3462.1931+0.7310Worse than 99% of the other 2,766 hospitals
MRSAno value published0.641no value publishedno value publishedNot scored on this measure

How the parts add up

CMS adds the z‑scores and divides by the number of measures scored, so each measure counts the same. Each bar below is one z‑score divided by 3; a bar right of zero raised the score and one left of zero lowered it.

(−0.1605PSI 90−1.4565SSI+2.1931CDI)÷3measures=0.1920Total HAC Score

This hospital’s score is 0.1879 below 0.3799, the lowest score CMS marked Yes. (This site recomputes.)

Figure 2. The parts add up to 0.1920, below CMS’s line.
1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.1605 divided by 3 = −0.0535PSI 90−0.0535 SSI: z‑score −1.4565 divided by 3 = −0.4855SSI−0.4855 CDI: z‑score 2.1931 divided by 3 = +0.7310CDI+0.7310 Total HAC Score: 0.1920Score0.1920 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.6−0.4−0.20.00.20.4 1% cut PSI 90: z‑score −0.1605 divided by 3 = −0.0535PSI 90−0.0535 SSI: z‑score −1.4565 divided by 3 = −0.4855SSI−0.4855 CDI: z‑score 2.1931 divided by 3 = +0.7310CDI+0.7310 Total HAC Score: 0.1920Score0.1920 CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −0.6−0.4−0.20.00.20.4

This site recomputes · Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreRunning total
PSI 90−0.1605−0.0535−0.0535
SSI−1.4565−0.4855−0.5390
CDI2.1931+0.73100.1920
Total HAC Score0.1920
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

The money is a cliff

This program’s cut doesn’t grow with the score. Over CMS’s line, CMS cuts 1% of what traditional Medicare pays a hospital for inpatient stays that year; at or under the line, this program cuts nothing.

The chart draws what the cut would be for this hospital at any Total HAC Score, from this site’s estimate of its payments, with its own score marked.

Figure 3. The cut is a cliff, not a slope: this hospital’s score, 0.1879 under the lowest score CMS cut, costs it nothing; 0.1879 higher, the cut would have been about $44K by this site’s estimate, the same as at CMS’s highest score, 2.3133.
CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $44K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $44K at any score from 0.3799 −1012 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.1920 This hospital 0.1920 CMS’s line $0 at any score up to 0.3792 $44K at any score from 0.3799 $0at any score up to 0.3792 $44Kat any score from 0.3799 −1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 CMS’s highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s highest score 2.3133 This hospital: 0.1920 This hospital 0.1920

Under the axis, every Total HAC Score CMS published: 306 of the 2,929 scored within 0.1 of CMS’s line, on one side or the other.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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ScoreTotal HAC ScoreEstimated HAC cut (whole dollars)
Any score up to 0.37920.3792$0
Any score from 0.37990.3799−$43,792
This hospital0.1920$0
CMS’s highest score2.3133−$43,792

The money, line by line

This site estimates what traditional Medicare pays the hospital for a year of inpatient stays, from CMS’s FY2026 payment files, then applies Medicare’s three hospital quality programs: the readmissions and value-based adjustments to the base payment, and the HAC cut last, as the law sets.

The readmissions and value-based programs adjust only the base payment: the DRG rates times the hospital’s cases, and a Medicare-dependent hospital’s add-on. The HAC cut comes last and takes 1% of everything left, teaching, low-income-patient, outlier, capital and uncompensated care payments included.

($4,368,497payment−$17,656readmissions+$28,371value-based)×1%the cut=$43,792at stake

$43,792at stake÷336traditional Medicare stays=$130per traditional Medicare stay

Figure 4. No HAC cut this year; 1% of the hospital’s whole inpatient payment would have been about $44K by this site’s estimate. The readmissions and value-based adjustments, on the base alone, came to −$18K and +$28K.

Estimated Medicare inpatient payments · FY2026 estimate

What traditional Medicare pays it for inpatient stays
DRG payments at the federal rates the base $2,992,618
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share) $65,149
Outliers: unusually costly stays $142,957
Low-volume adjustment $703,558
Capital: buildings and equipment $232,821
Uncompensated care $231,394
Total, before the three programs $4,368,497
The three programs: two on the base, the HAC cut last
Readmissions (HRRP) base × (0.9941 − 1) −$17,656
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) base × (1.0095 − 1) +$28,371
After these two $4,379,212
HAC Reduction Program no cut; 1% would have been $43,792 $0
Net of the three programs likely $7⁠–⁠11K +$10,715

Not paid to this hospital: a Medicare-dependent hospital add-on, teaching payments, and a sole community hospital rate difference.

Whole dollars, so every line adds up; the estimate is not that precise. Each likely range spans the middle 80% of the misses this site’s estimate made for similar hospitals (or for a wider group, where there were too few) when it was checked against their FY2024 cost reports: one year’s check, not a promise of how often a hospital’s actual figure lands inside.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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LineAmount (whole dollars)
DRG payments at the federal rates (the base)$2,992,618
Many low-income patients (disproportionate share)$65,149
Outliers: unusually costly stays$142,957
Low-volume adjustment$703,558
Capital: buildings and equipment$232,821
Uncompensated care$231,394
Total, before the three programs$4,368,497
Readmissions (HRRP) (base × (0.9941 − 1))−$17,656
Value-based purchasing (HVBP) (base × (1.0095 − 1))+$28,371
After these two$4,379,212
HAC Reduction Program (no cut; 1% would have been $43,792)$0
Net of the three programs (likely $7–11K)+$10,715

What if a measure were different?

Change a measure’s value to see how this site recomputes the Total HAC Score, the payment reduction decision and, by its estimate, the money, starting from CMS’s values. The money doesn’t slide with the score: it drops off a cliff at CMS’s line.

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CMS reportsHypothetical
Total HAC Score0.1920same
Payment reduction decisionNosame
Payment cut0%same
Estimated HAC cut estimate$0same

CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799

The faint ticks are CMS’s line in earlier years under the same formula, from about 0.300 (FY2022) to about 0.375 (FY2024). The line moves every year, so a hospital can cross it without changing anything.

CMS reports a Total HAC Score of 0.1920 and a payment reduction decision of No.

A what-if shows the formula’s arithmetic, not what a hospital could realistically change or how. CMS’s real result also depends on other hospitals.

How much cushion?

Staying at or under CMS’s line keeps about $44K out of this program’s cut, this site estimates: a score a hair over would cost all of it.

From CMS’s values, one measure at a time, with every other measure held at CMS’s value.

MeasureHighest value that keeps No
PSI 90up to 1.0458
SSIup to 0.327
CDIany value: every CDI value past the cap (0.944) scores the same

Each measure weighs 1 ÷ 3 of the score.

Measure values

SIR 1.0 = as many infections as predicted · Lower is better

On each track the tick is the national median; shaded values score the same as the floor or cap, as this site fits them to CMS’s values.

CMS 0.9655 · median 0.9623 · floor 0.7760 · cap 1.3482 · each 0.1 = 0.2327

CMS 0.000 · median 0.795 · cap 2.118 · each 0.1 = 0.0571

CMS 1.641 · median 0.346 · cap 0.944 · each 0.1 = 0.1291

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Figure 5. CDI added the most to this hospital’s Total HAC Score of 0.1920 among its measured results: +0.7310.
  • PSI 90 −0.0535
  • SSI −0.4855
  • CDI +0.7310

A measure adds its z‑score divided by 3, the number of measures scored. Bars right of the center line raise the score. Hatched: assigned by CMS.

This site recomputes · Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureZ-scorePart of the scoreHypothetical
PSI 90−0.1605−0.0535same
SSI−1.4565−0.4855same
CDI2.1931+0.7310same

Interactive what-if at https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/200031/

Among hospitals with a Yes or No payment decision, CMS cut those with a published Total HAC Score of 0.3799 or higher and none at 0.3792 or lower. Maryland’s hospitals are scored but not subject to the reduction.

Held fixed: every other hospital’s results, CMS’s line, and each measure’s mean, spread, floor and cap as this site fits them to CMS’s published values.

Year by year

Where this hospital’s score fell among every hospital’s, each year CMS published one. A score near the top is among the highest; the shaded band is where CMS cut. Places compare across years even where CMS changed how it builds the score.

Figure 6. CMS cut this hospital in 1 of the 11 years it made a decision.
highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.4000, higher than 8% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 2.0000, higher than 4% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.8500, higher than 23% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.5138, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.1111, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.2092, higher than 36% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.6882, higher than 12% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.1894, higher than 38% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.2569, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.0343, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1920, higher than 64% of scores; not cut 161820222426 highest middle lowest z‑scoresequal weights no scores FY2015: score 2.4000, higher than 8% of scores; not cutFY2016: score 2.0000, higher than 4% of scores; not cutFY2017: score 3.8500, higher than 23% of scores; not cutFY2018: score 0.5138, higher than 82% of scores; cutFY2019: score 0.1111, higher than 61% of scores; not cutFY2020: score −0.2092, higher than 36% of scores; not cutFY2021: score −0.6882, higher than 12% of scores; not cutFY2022: score −0.1894, higher than 38% of scores; not cutFY2024: score 0.2569, higher than 69% of scores; not cutFY2025: score −0.0343, higher than 49% of scores; not cutFY2026: score 0.1920, higher than 64% of scores; not cut 151617181920212223242526

● Red: a year CMS cut it ○ Hollow: a year it didn’t

This site recomputes · Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearTotal HAC ScoreHigher than this share of scoresPayment reduction
FY20152.40008.5%not cut
FY20162.00004.1%not cut
FY20173.850023.0%not cut
FY20180.513882.2%cut
FY20190.111161.3%not cut
FY2020−0.209236.4%not cut
FY2021−0.688212.7%not cut
FY2022−0.189438.1%not cut
FY2023no decision
FY20240.256969.1%not cut
FY2025−0.034349.6%not cut
FY20260.192064.4%not cut

Its infections, year by year

This hospital’s infection rate against prediction for each calendar year Care Compare published one, on each measure with at least two years of results (black), over the nation’s middle hospital (gray). Below the dashed line at one, fewer infections than predicted. Each year is measured against the same fixed baseline, not against other hospitals, so unlike the score they can all improve at once.

Figure 7. 1 of its 2 infection measures ended lower than they started.
SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’21’24 Nation’s middle SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.000 C. diff 2.51 → 1.74 1 0 ’18’21’24 C. diff, 2017: 2.509C. diff, 2018: 0.500C. diff, 2019: 0.000C. diff, 2021: 0.353C. diff, 2022: 0.396C. diff, 2023: 1.564C. diff, 2024: 1.744 SSI, colon 0.00 → 0.00 1as predicted 0 ’18’20’22’24 Nation’s middle SSI, colon, 2017: 0.000SSI, colon, 2021: 0.000SSI, colon, 2023: 0.000 C. diff 2.51 → 1.74 1 0 ’18’20’22’24 C. diff, 2017: 2.509C. diff, 2018: 0.500C. diff, 2019: 0.000C. diff, 2021: 0.353C. diff, 2022: 0.396C. diff, 2023: 1.564C. diff, 2024: 1.744

Source: CMS Care Compare, healthcare-associated infections by hospital, calendar years 2017 to 2024 (Provider Data Catalog archives; the oldest year through the Internet Archive’s copy).

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Calendar yearSSI, colonC. diff
20170.0002.509
20180.500
20190.000
20210.0000.353
20220.396
20230.0001.564
20241.744

Among hospitals like it

Each row is a group this hospital belongs to, drawn from every hospital in it with a payment decision. Red columns are hospitals past CMS’s line, the ones CMS cut; the short tick is the group’s middle score.

In Maine, its score is higher than 41% of the other 12 scored there.

Figure 8. Its score is above the middle in 6 of the 7 groups it belongs to; the share cut runs from 25% (All hospitals) to 35% (Government).
All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals 2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region 436 hospitals28% cut Maine: CMS cut 4 of 13 (31%); middle score 0.2356Maine 13 hospitals31% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching 1,563 hospitals25% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds 805 hospitals28% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government 401 hospitals35% cut Rural: CMS cut 196 of 619 (32%); middle score 0.0229Rural 619 hospitals32% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1012 This hospital: 0.1920 This hospital 0.1920 All hospitals: CMS cut 718 of 2,886 (25%); middle score −0.0453All hospitals2,886 hospitals25% cut Northeast region: CMS cut 124 of 436 (28%); middle score 0.0478Northeast region436 hospitals28% cut Maine: CMS cut 4 of 13 (31%); middle score 0.2356Maine13 hospitals31% cut Not teaching: CMS cut 389 of 1,563 (25%); middle score −0.1053Not teaching1,563 hospitals25% cut Fewer than 100 beds: CMS cut 225 of 805 (28%); middle score −0.1154Fewer than 100 beds805 hospitals28% cut Government: CMS cut 140 of 401 (35%); middle score 0.1602Government401 hospitals35% cut Rural: CMS cut 196 of 619 (32%); middle score 0.0229Rural619 hospitals32% cut CMS’s line: between 0.3792 and 0.3799 CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0 This hospital: 0.1920 This hospital 0.1920

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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GroupWith a decisionHospitals cutShare cutMiddle scoreHospital higher than
All hospitals2,88671825%−0.045364%
Northeast region43612428%0.047859%
Maine13431%0.235641%
Not teaching1,56338925%−0.105366%
Fewer than 100 beds80522528%−0.115464%
Government40114035%0.160252%
Rural61919632%0.022958%
This hospital0.1920
CMS’s line0.37920.3799

The nearest hospitals

The 8 closest hospitals with a Total HAC Score, in a straight line. The squares are each hospital’s measures in order: filled, above the national median; open, at or below it; hatched, assigned by CMS; blank, not scored.

Figure 9. CMS cut 2 of the 8 nearest hospitals; the closest is 13 miles away.
25 mi50 mi100 mi8. Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston: score −0.2114, not cut, 219 miles87. St Mary's Regional Medical Center, Lewiston: score 0.3592, not cut, 219 miles76. Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital, Rockport: score −0.5470, not cut, 196 miles65. Maine General Medical Center, Augusta: score −0.0580, not cut, 193 miles54. Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital, Ellsworth: score 0.4589, cut, 162 miles43. Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor: score −0.2059, not cut, 147 miles32. St Joseph Hospital, Bangor: score −0.0463, not cut, 147 miles21. Northern Light A R Gould Hospital, Presque Isle: score 0.7005, cut, 13 miles1This hospital: Cary Medical Center

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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HospitalMilesScoreDecision
Northern Light A R Gould Hospital, Presque Isle, ME130.7005cut
St Joseph Hospital, Bangor, ME147−0.0463not cut
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, ME147−0.2059not cut
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital, Ellsworth, ME1620.4589cut
Maine General Medical Center, Augusta, ME193−0.0580not cut
Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital, Rockport, ME196−0.5470not cut
St Mary's Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, ME2190.3592not cut
Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston, ME219−0.2114not cut

#HospitalMilesScoreDecisionEst. cut ($, modeled)Measures
1Northern Light A R Gould HospitalPresque Isle, ME130.70051% cut$66KAbove the national median on 2 of 3 measures
2St Joseph HospitalBangor, ME147−0.0463No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
3Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterBangor, ME147−0.2059No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
4Northern Light Maine Coast HospitalEllsworth, ME1620.45891% cut$79KAbove the national median on 3 of 6 measures
5Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME193−0.0580No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures
6Mainehealth Pen Bay HospitalRockport, ME196−0.5470No cut$0Above the national median on 1 of 5 measures
7St Mary's Regional Medical CenterLewiston, ME2190.3592No cut$0Above the national median on 4 of 6 measures
8Central Maine Medical CenterLewiston, ME219−0.2114No cut$0Above the national median on 2 of 6 measures

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Paid & Penalized. Cary Medical Center, Caribou, ME: Hospital-Acquired Conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/hospital/200031/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.