ME · Acute Care Hospitals
Northern Light A R Gould Hospital
Northern Light A R Gould Hospital in Presque Isle, ME. CMS-certified hospital reporting Medicare claims under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.
- 2/5★
- CMS overall rating
- #2,379 of 2,866
- Peer rank by rating
- Acute Care Hospitals
- Facility type
- Not indexed
- Price transparency MRF
PO BOX 151, Presque Isle, ME 04769
Hospital Quality Scorecard
One composite verdict from 4 of 4 CMS Hospital Compare datasets, each benchmarked against every hospital nationally. Missing datasets are excluded, not counted against the score.
- CMS Star Rating F
- 2 / 5
- Mortality Outcomes B+
- 0 better / 0 worse
- Patient Safety A+
- 1 better / 0 worse
- Readmission Rates A
- 1 better / 0 worse
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating
CMS mortality measures vs. the national rate (4 measures reported)
CMS patient-safety measures vs. the national rate (2 measures reported)
CMS readmission measures vs. the national rate (8 measures reported)
Source: CMS Hospital Compare (star rating + mortality/safety/readmission outcome measures). Benchmarks are national p10-p90 percentiles across every hospital with a reported value for each measure, computed 2026-05-15. Not a clinical recommendation.
CMS Hospital Compare placement
According to CMS Hospital Compare, Northern Light A R Gould Hospital ranks #2,379 of 2,866 rated hospitals by overall star rating (2/5).
- #2,379
- of 2,866 rated hospitals
- 2/5
- overall star rating
- ME
- state
Placement is among hospitals with a published overall_rating > 0, ordered by rating descending.
CMS hospital plate
Facility 200018 · ME 2/5★
STAR-2 · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · MRF-PENDING · NP-OWN · TYPE-ACUTE · ER-ON · QUAL-LEAD
- STAR-2 2/5 stars
- LOWER-Q #2379/2866
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0★ peer
- MRF-PENDING MRF not indexed
- NP-OWN Voluntary non-profit - Pri…
- TYPE-ACUTE Acute Care Hospitals
- ER-ON ER reported
- QUAL-LEAD 2 above · 0 below
Nearest rated peer outside ME: Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, IL (±0★)
Instrument codes from this facility’s CMS Hospital Compare sheet: star band, peer rank, photo-finish gap, MRF disclosure, ownership, type, ER line, and quality-measure posture. Not a placement score.
Star-rating neighbourhood around Northern Light A R Gould Hospital
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest rated peers outside ME, not a full Hospital Compare board reprint.
Where this rating sits nationally
CMS overall star rating across 2,866 rated US hospitals
2 Top 92% higher than 8% of 2,866 CMS-rated hospitals
Each bar is a 1-wide band; taller bars hold more CMS-rated hospitals. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source CMS Hospital Compare, overall_rating · 2026-05-15
Northern Light A R Gould Hospital sits in the above-average CMS measure third
Across mortality, patient-safety, and readmission cells, Northern Light A R Gould Hospital posts 2 above-average counts against 0 below-average - a LEAD sheet in the Hospital Compare measure stack.
Cell counts are CMS Hospital Compare measure-group tallies (above / same / below national average), not a composite grade or clinical verdict.
Price transparency data not indexed yet
Under the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (effective Jan 2021), hospitals must publish machine-readable files with standard charges including cash/self-pay rates. PlainProcedure has not indexed an MRF for this facility yet; see hospital price transparency or the transparency notes.
Contact
(207) 768-4000
PO BOX 151, Presque Isle, ME 04769
What to do with this hospital profile
Northern Light A R Gould Hospital posts a LEAD CMS measure sheet (2 above-avg cells). Compare ME facilities and Medicare procedure costs next.
- Statewide average Medicare allowed amounts, provider counts, and hospital totals for ME. ME profile
- Browse hospitals reporting Medicare data in ME. Hospitals list
- How federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule disclosures map to PlainProcedure when no MRF is indexed yet. Transparency guide
- How CMS star ratings, quality measure bands, and peer ranks are sourced and compared. Methodology
CMS quality stars and Medicare averages describe reporting cohorts, not clinical advice or a price quote for your visit.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Nationwide hospitals with similar CMS profiles
Care Compare-derived peer sets for Northern Light A R Gould Hospital, all outside ME so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the same-state hospital list stays local).
Similar CMS star rating
Nearest rated hospitals outside ME (2/5 here).
Similar Acute Care Hospitals peers
Nearest same facility-type hospitals outside ME.
Similar mortality/safety/readmission shape
Nearest hospitals outside ME by CMS above/same/below cell totals (2/12/0 here · QUAL-LEAD). Distinct from star-rating and facility-type peers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Northern Light A R Gould Hospital rank among CMS-rated hospitals?
Northern Light A R Gould Hospital's 2/5-star CMS overall rating sits at the 8th percentile of the 2,866 US hospitals with a published rating.
What type of hospital is Northern Light A R Gould Hospital?
Northern Light A R Gould Hospital is an acute care hospitals, voluntary non-profit - private ownership, located in Presque Isle, ME.
Does Northern Light A R Gould Hospital publish machine-readable price data?
Northern Light A R Gould Hospital does not currently have indexed machine-readable price-transparency data on this site; estimated commercial and cash prices above are derived from procedure-level CMS/RAND benchmarks, not this facility's own file.