489 State Street, Bangor, ME, 04401 · (207) 973-7000
Beds
324
FY 2025
Star rating
5 of 5
Patient survey: 3 of 5
Net patient revenue
$2.70B
FY 2025
Net income
$1.70B
Patient care margin 56.6%
Discharges
15,781
Occupancy 93.6%
Clinicians
1,088
From the hospital's yearly cost reports (fiscal years as the hospital reports them)
Locations are shown at the center of the ZIP code.
US dollars as reported. Patient care margin = net patient revenue minus operating expenses, before other income such as grants, donations and investments.
| Fiscal year | Net patient revenue | Operating expenses | Patient care margin | Net income | Discharges | Uncompensated care | Medicare days | Medicaid days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2.70B | $1.17B | 56.6% | $1.70B | 15,781 | $16.7M | 20.3% | 25.6% |
Official hospital quality measures with the national median across hospitals. For ratios, 1.00 means as many cases as expected.
| Death rate after heart bypass surgery | 2.2% | US median 2.3% |
| Death rate for COPD patients | 8.5% | US median 8.5% |
| Death rate for heart attack patients | 12% | US median 11.8% |
| Death rate for heart failure patients | 11.4% | US median 11% |
| Hospital-wide death rate within 30 days | 3.8% | US median 3.9% |
| Death rate for pneumonia patients | 15.1% | US median 15.2% |
| Death rate for stroke patients |
Medicare clinicians who list this hospital, by specialty
Inpatient stays by diagnosis related group (DRG), 2024
Official US government data: hospital records, ownership records, yearly cost reports and quality measures, linked by the hospital's CCN and NPI. Financials are for fiscal years as reported by the hospital.
Medicare clinicians who work here
| 2024 | $919.9M | $1.11B | -20.6% | -$87.7M | 15,275 | $17.6M | 21.1% | 25.1% |
| 2023 | $925.6M | $1.05B | -13.6% | $14.5M | 14,246 | $15.6M | 22.1% | 27.3% |
| 2022 | $2.05B | $1.06B | 48.1% | $1.10B | 15,934 | $18.6M | 24.5% | 12.9% |
| 2021 | $893.6M | $988.9M | -10.7% | $54.0M | 18,568 | $14.3M | 28.8% | 11.3% |
| 2020 | $803.7M | $937.4M | -16.6% | -$15.5M | 18,968 | $19.7M | 34.9% | 12.4% |
| 13% |
| US median 11.6% |
| Readmission rate after heart bypass surgery | 9.3% | US median 10.9% |
| Readmission rate for COPD | 20.3% | US median 19.8% |
| Readmission rate after a heart attack | 11.8% | US median 14.4% |
| Readmission rate for heart failure | 20.4% | US median 21.3% |
| Readmission rate for pneumonia | 17.7% | US median 17.2% |
| Serious complications (patient safety composite) | 0.80 | US median 0.96 |
| C. diff intestinal infections (ratio to expected) | 0.36 | US median 0.28 · better |
| Central line bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.50 | US median 0.48 · better |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery (ratio to expected) | 0.19 | US median 0.72 · better |
| MRSA bloodstream infections (ratio to expected) | 0.61 | US median 0.60 |
| Catheter urinary tract infections (ratio to expected) | 0.98 | US median 0.40 |
| Doctors always communicated well | 76% | US median 79% |
| Nurses always communicated well | 73% | US median 80% |
| Patient survey summary star rating | 3 of 5 | US median 3 of 5 |
| Area around the room always quiet at night | 44% | US median 59% |
| Patients who rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 | 59% | US median 72% |
| Room and bathroom always clean | 66% | US median 73% |
| Patients who would definitely recommend the hospital | 60% | US median 71% |
| Patients who left the emergency department before being seen | 1% | US median 1% |
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving (minutes) | 219 min | US median 148 min |
| Patients prescribed 2 or more opioids or opioids with benzodiazepines at discharge | 13% | US median 15% |
| Patients who got appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock | 62% | US median 65% |
| Healthcare workers given the flu vaccine | 99% | US median 79% |
| 117 |
| $64,551.44 |
| $9,381.89 |
| $10,022.34 |
| DRG 281 ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CC | 91 | $44,000.74 | $5,981.57 | $6,648.56 |
| DRG 309 CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITH CC | 85 | $36,887.16 | $5,358.67 | $5,247.13 |
| DRG 322 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 81 | $89,908.31 | $11,608.54 | $12,904.99 |
| DRG 274 PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 75 | $99,477.51 | $21,168.15 | $24,748.54 |
| DRG 193 SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCC | 70 | $64,451.99 | $9,233.54 | $9,867.73 |
| DRG 177 RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCC | 66 | $78,759.48 | $12,673.55 | $12,667.88 |
| DRG 321 PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES/ | 61 | $159,607.84 | $26,476.64 | $22,190.93 |
| DRG 287 CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 51 | $48,148.16 | $6,487.29 | $7,565.66 |
| DRG 481 HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC | 48 | $65,259.04 | $13,066.15 | $15,801.33 |
| DRG 267 ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 43 | $132,170.05 | $32,182.65 | $40,566.75 |
| DRG 064 INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCC | 43 | $73,075.33 | $13,821.84 | $15,695.20 |
| DRG 378 GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE WITH CC | 41 | $47,094.07 | $6,696.90 | $7,294.77 |
Hospital outpatient services by payment group (APC), 2024
| Service group | Services | Patients | Medicare pays per service | All hospitals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APC 5372 Level 2 Urology and Related Services | 455 | 251 | $462.01 | $502.15 |
| APC 8011 Comprehensive Observation Services | 384 | 339 | $1,881.67 | $2,090.36 |
| APC 5191 Level 1 Endovascular Procedures | 285 | 284 | $2,003.96 | $2,207.96 |
| APC 5072 Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 276 | 266 | $1,099.55 | $1,219.56 |
| APC 5373 Level 3 Urology and Related Services | 256 | 198 | $1,388.44 | $1,516.28 |
| APC 5374 Level 4 Urology and Related Services | 140 | 116 | $2,399.24 | $2,629.24 |
| APC 5114 Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures | 129 | 126 | $4,808.94 | $5,338.75 |
| APC 5302 Level 2 Upper GI Procedures | 128 | 119 | $1,307.90 | $1,444.50 |
| APC 5183 Level 3 Vascular Procedures | 128 | 110 | $2,210.80 | $2,405.01 |
| APC 5213 Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures | 126 | 122 | $18,554.30 | $21,117.37 |
| APC 5073 Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage | 110 | 108 | $1,970.57 | $2,141.49 |
| APC 5431 Level 1 Nerve Procedures | 88 | 65 | $1,306.96 | $1,406.61 |
Reported payments to this teaching hospital
| Company | Payments | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Pfizer Inc. PFE | 20 | $172K |
| Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation NVS | 2 | $49K |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP AZN | 3 | $46K |
| Janssen Research & Development, LLC JNJ | 9 | $26K |
| Amgen Inc. AMGN | 2 | $22K |
| Eli Lilly and Company LLY | 4 | $21K |
| EMD Serono, Inc. MRK.DE | 5 | $20K |
| Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. ALNY | 5 | $19K |
| AngioDynamics, Inc. ANGO | 1 | $13K |
| Genentech, Inc. ROG.SW | 3 | $11K |
Official US government data on Original Medicare hospital stays and outpatient services; groups with fewer than 11 cases are not published. Payments are those drug and device companies must report.
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is a nonprofit short-term acute care hospital in Bangor, ME with 324 beds, part of Northern Light Health and a 5-star overall rating.
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, ME has 324 beds (fiscal year 2025 cost report); 411 beds are certified for Medicare. It discharged 15,781 inpatients that year, with 93.6% of its beds in use on average.
In fiscal year 2025 (ending 2025-09-30), Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center reported net patient revenue of $2.70B and operating expenses of $1.17B, a margin on patient care of 56.6%. After other income and expenses its net income was $1.70B (59.0% of revenue), so it made a profit that year.
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is part of Northern Light Health, a health system with 10 hospitals based in Brewer, ME. It is a nonprofit hospital.
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center has an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars in the official hospital quality ratings. Patients rate it 3 out of 5 stars in the patient survey.
Yes, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center provides emergency services.
1,088 Medicare clinicians list Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center as a hospital they work at, most often in Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Family Practice.
In 2024, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center had 2,706 Medicare inpatient stays in 91 diagnosis groups. The most common was DRG 280 (acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with mcc) with 201 stays; Medicare paid $11,930.03 per stay on average, compared with $12,400.10 across all hospitals.
In 2025, companies reported $439K in payments to Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center as a teaching hospital ($40K general and $398K for research) from 19 companies.