A hospital in Fort Kent, ME. It ran an operating surplus of 0.1% in FY25 on $73.4M of operating revenue. It held 144 days of cash on hand (59th percentile among Critical Access Hospitals on liquidity). Only a single comparable reporting year is available, so trend context is limited.
Operating margin · FY25
+0.1%
vs Critical Access Hospitals52nd pctl of 824 (FY25)
Days cash on hand · FY25
144d
all sources
vs Critical Access Hospitals59th pctl of 827 (FY25)
Total operating revenue · FY25
$73.4M
vs Critical Access Hospitals83rd pctl of 833 (FY25)
Total margin · incl. nonoperating · FY25
+1.3%
vs Critical Access Hospitals28th pctl of 824 (FY25)
One point of operating margin at NORTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER is about $734K per year (1% of FY25 total operating revenue).
Where NORTHERN MAINE MEDICAL sits among Critical Access Hospitals
Operating margin · FY25 pool · n = 824 of 1,404 filed
Each point is one Critical Access Hospital in the national distribution for this provider type, placed by operating margin. Facilities are not matched on size, case mix, or market — that is the matched-peer comparison in the paid benchmark. The Critical Access Hospital median is -0.2%. Descriptive context only, not a ranking.
One critical access hospitalNORTHERN MAINECritical Access Hospital median
The money
$ thousands · HCRIS cost-report basis · as filed, QA-gated
Ratios tell you how this hospital is doing. Statements tell you what kind of organization it is, and where the money comes from. Every figure below traces to a public cost-report filing, shown as filed. A ratio renders only when every input is reported in the filing; a year missing its core lines is not shown; a year whose balance sheet does not reconcile is labeled. Not audited by Astrelis.
quality & operational context · CMS public reporting
A 25-bed hospital at 24% occupancy where swing beds are 66% of the inpatient business and 68% of patient revenue is outpatient.
The metrics this hospital type is judged on: care quality, patient experience, and scale. Each is labeled by evidence class and public source; descriptive context only, never a ranking or adequacy claim.
Scale and flow
Occupancy
23.5%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average daily census
5.90
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Staffed beds (acute)
25
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Annual discharges
560
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Average length of stay
3.3d
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3
Swing-bed average daily census
11.65
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 L5–6
Swing-bed share of inpatient days
66.4%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS S-3 (acute + swing days)
Outpatient share of patient revenue
67.8%
Verified fact2025
HCRIS WS G-2 L28
How the care measures up
C. difficile infection (SIR)
Results are based on a shorter time period than required.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025
CMS Care Compare
Hospital-wide unplanned readmission
Results are not available for this reporting period.
CMS-reported measure07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024
CMS Care Compare
Pricing
Pilot
Commercial rates vs Medicare
102%
Commercial negotiated rates as a percent of Medicare rates, outpatient basket.
Hospital price files + Medicare rates
Directional indicator from public price files. Facility-specific rate positioning is the Commercial Pricing Study →
Trajectory
Cost-report basis · single reporting year
Operating margin
Days cash on hand
The county this hospital serves
Aroostook County, ME
Median household income
$54.3K
vs $82.1K US · $59.7K rural median
Poverty rate
14.4%
vs 12.5% US · 14.3% rural median
Uninsured
8.0%
vs 8.6% US · 8.4% rural median
Age 65+
25.4%
vs 16.8% US · 20.6% rural median
Fair or poor health
23.6%
self-reported, adults · CDC PLACES
Primary-care shortage
Designated
HRSA HPSA
Economic context: 16.9% of county personal income is Medicare/Medicaid medical benefits; 35.7% arrives as government transfers (BEA, 2022).
What this hospital means to Aroostook County
economic contribution · FY25 cost report
Direct annual spending
$73.4M
total operating expense · reported
Total economic output
$168.7M
× 2.30 output multiplier · estimate, upper bound for rural
Method: NCRHW 2016 study of critical access hospitals (IMPLAN Type II), employment × 1.34, earnings × 1.19; output × 2.30 (AHA national, upper bound for rural). Direct figures are reported values from the facility's HCRIS cost report; multiplied figures are estimates.
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