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Millinocket Regional Hospital

200 Somerset Street, Millinocket, ME 04462

Critical Access Hospitals Emergency services

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Millinocket Regional Hospital. 73% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 6 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1.

Every figure on this page is published by CMS; we arrange and explain it, and score nothing ourselves.

CMS overall rating Not rated There are too few measures or measure groups reported to calculate a star rating or measure group score.
Would definitely recommend 73% US average 71%
Patient survey rating Not rated 79 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 1 worse 0 better of 6 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 79 completed surveys, 32% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Fewer than 100 patients completed the CAHPS survey. Use these scores with caution, as the number of surveys may be too low to reliably assess facility performance.
Would definitely recommend the hospital
73%
ME 72% · US 71%
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
82%
ME 73% · US 72%
Nurses always communicated well
93%
ME 83% · US 80%
Doctors always communicated well
89%
ME 83% · US 80%
Staff always explained new medicines
81%
ME 65% · US 62%
Given information about recovering at home
88%
ME 88% · US 86%
Room was always clean
84%
ME 75% · US 74%
Always quiet at night
66%
ME 57% · US 60%

This hospital Maine average US average

How Millinocket Regional Hospital compares with nearby hospitals

The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.

Hospital CMS stars Would recommend ER median time Vs the nation
Millinocket Regional HospitalThis hospitalNot rated73%—1 worse
Penobscot Valley HospitalSame county · LincolnNot rated67%2 h 7 minNo different
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical CenterSame county · Bangor5/560%3 h 39 min7 better 1 worse
St Joseph HospitalSame county · Bangor3/585%3 h 6 min1 better 3 worse
Northern Light Mayo HospitalSame ZIP area · Dover Foxcroft2/561%2 h 24 min1 better

Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict.

Deaths

How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
All patients, hospital-wide 167 cases Too few cases 5.3% 3.9%
Heart attack 25 cases Too few cases 13.9% 11.9%

5 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Readmissions and return visits

How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after pneumonia 35 cases Too few cases 16.4% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 42 cases Too few cases 20.3% 20%
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 25 cases Too few cases -38.2 days per 100 —

11 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Not reported for this hospital

CMS had too few cases here to publish results for complications, infections caught in the hospital. That is common at small, rural and specialty hospitals, and says nothing either way about quality.

Clinicians registered at this address

19 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.

Specialty Clinicians
Physician Assistant 3
Family 2
Family Medicine 2
Internal Medicine 2
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 2
Adult Health 1
Diabetes Educator 1
Dietitian, Registered 1
Gerontology 1
Health Educator 1
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 1
Physical Therapy Assistant 1

First 12 alphabetically

How to read this page

  • Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
  • “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
  • Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
  • Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
  • These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.

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Common questions about Millinocket Regional Hospital

Is Millinocket Regional Hospital a good hospital?

CMS does not publish an overall star rating for Millinocket Regional Hospital. Of the 6 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on none and worse on 1. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Millinocket Regional Hospital?

73% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 79 completed HCAHPS surveys.

Does Millinocket Regional Hospital have an emergency room?

Yes. CMS lists emergency services at Millinocket Regional Hospital.