Mainehealth Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME
Also known as Maine Medical Center, MMC
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About Mainehealth Maine Medical Center
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center is an acute care hospital in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level I trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 4 out of 5. It has 637 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. The nearest other listed hospital is Northern Light Mercy Hospital, about 0.5 mi away.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.56
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)Worse than national · SIR 1.52
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.27
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)Better than national · SIR 0.63
- Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyNo different · SIR 1.78
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 0.96
63% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend74%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1070%
- Completed surveys1,770
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
43.65266, -70.27464
Nearby hospitals
- Northern Light Mercy Hospital144 State Street, Portland, ME · Emergency roomAcute care hospital0.5 mi
- New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland, A335 Brighton Avenue, Unit 201, Portland, MERehabilitation hospital1.3 mi
- Mainehealth Behavioral Health at Spring Harbor123 Andover Road, Westbrook, ME · Emergency roomPsychiatric hospital3.4 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Mainehealth Maine Medical Center located?
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center is at 22 Bramhall St, Portland, ME 04102 in Cumberland County.
Does Mainehealth Maine Medical Center have an emergency room?
Yes. Mainehealth Maine Medical Center reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 207 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Mainehealth Maine Medical Center?
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 4 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Mainehealth Maine Medical Center a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level I trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date April 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Maine EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Mainehealth Maine Medical Center?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (207) 662-0111.
Would patients recommend Mainehealth Maine Medical Center?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (1,770 completed surveys), 74% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 70% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
Related guides
- How CMS Hospital Star Ratings WorkThe five measure groups behind the 1 to 5 star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, how it is calculated and what it leaves out.
- How to Choose a Hospital to Give BirthLevels of maternal and newborn care, the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation, quality data and questions to ask on a tour.
- How to Choose a HospitalA practical checklist for planned care: insurance networks, procedure volume, quality ratings, certifications and cost estimates.
- ER Wait Times ExplainedHow triage and the Emergency Severity Index decide who is seen first, why emergency rooms get crowded and where to find timing data.