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Insurance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (1583)
  • Anthem (1486)
  • Cigna (1309)
  • UnitedHealthCare (1226)
  • First Health (1187)
  • Aetna (1171)
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (1090)
  • Curative (936)
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (649)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (431)
  • Humana (270)
  • Tufts Health Plan (186)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (165)
  • MVP Health Care (133)
  • MultiPlan (126)
  • Connecticare (77)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (40)
  • Health Net (33)
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan (29)
  • Coventry Health Care (27)
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (23)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (18)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (18)
  • Midwest Health Plan (18)
  • Amerihealth (17)
  • Oxford Health Plans (17)
  • Capital Blue Cross (16)
  • Mass General Brigham Health Plan (16)
  • Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP) (15)
  • Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (15)
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  • Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company (1)
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  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (1)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia (1)
  • Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York (1)
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (1)
  • Humana Benefit Plan of Illinois (1)
  • Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia (1)
  • Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Ohio (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Texas (1)
  • Humana/CompBenefits (1)
  • HumanaOne (1)
  • Independence Blue Cross (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States (1)
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  • Medicaid of Arkansas (1)
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  • Medicaid of Oregon (1)
  • Medicaid of Tennessee (1)
  • Medicaid of Utah (1)
  • Premera Blue Cross (1)
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  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah (1)
  • Regence Blue Shield of Washington (1)
  • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon (1)
  • Regence BlueShield (1)
  • United Concordia (1)
  • United Concordia Dental (1)
  • UnitedHealth Group (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Benefits of Texas (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare of California (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley (1)
  • UnitedHealthOne (1)
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Gender
  • Female (1139)
  • Male (1187)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Family Medicine (1149)
  • Internal Medicine (728)
  • Pediatrics (346)
  • Geriatric Medicine (80)
  • Adult Medicine (16)
  • General Medical Practice (15)
  • Family Medicine (Nurse Practitioner) (11)
  • Pediatric Medicine (7)
  • Men's Health Medicine (5)
  • Women's Health Medicine (5)
  • Age Management Medicine (3)
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Age
  • Under 40 (448)
  • 41-50 (437)
  • 51-60 (468)
  • 61-70 (437)
  • Over 70 (421)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (45)
  • Tomorrow (45)
  • Schedules online (6)
  • Accepts new patients (645)
  • Telehealth (821)

Language

Language
  • Afrikaans (2)
  • Arabic (4)
  • Armenian (1)
  • Chinese (2)
  • Creole (1)
  • Czech (1)
  • Dutch (2)
  • French (70)
  • French Creole (1)
  • German (9)
  • Hebrew (1)
  • Hindi (4)
  • Hungarian (1)
  • Italian (3)
  • Khmer (1)
  • Korean (1)
  • Malayalam (1)
  • Panjabi (2)
  • Polish (1)
  • Russian (2)
  • Spanish (49)
  • Swedish (1)
  • Tagalog (3)
  • Telugu (1)
  • Thai (1)
  • Ukrainian (1)
  • Urdu (2)
  • Yoruba (1)
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Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (473)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (792)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (1146)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (1255)
  • 1 Star And Higher (1335)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Maine Medical Center (451)
  • Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center (246)
  • Mainegeneral Medical Center (225)
  • Southern Maine Health Care (221)
  • Northern Light Mercy Hospital (198)
  • Central Maine Medical Center (153)
  • Mid Coast Hospital (144)
  • Pen Bay Medical Center (133)
  • Franklin Memorial Hospital (128)
  • St. Joseph Hospital (99)
  • Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital (88)
  • Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center (83)
  • York Hospital (78)
  • Waldo County General Hospital (77)
  • Northern Light Inland Hospital (71)
  • Redington-Fairview General Hospital (62)
  • Stephens Memorial Hospital (58)
  • Bridgton Hospital (53)
  • Northern Light A R Gould Hospital (41)
  • Northern Light Mayo Hospital (41)
  • Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital (40)
  • Rumford Hospital (35)
  • Cary Medical Center (34)
  • Mount Desert Island Hospital (34)
  • Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial Hospital (33)
  • Northern Maine Medical Center (33)
  • Lincolnhealth-Miles Campus & Hospital (32)
  • Down East Community Hospital (29)
  • Millinocket Regional Hospital (27)
  • Houlton Regional Hospital (26)
  • Calais Community Hospital (22)
  • Penobscot Valley Hospital (21)
  • Portsmouth Regional Hospital (15)
  • Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (15)
  • Memorial Hospital (14)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (11)
  • Frisbie Memorial Hospital (6)
  • Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (5)
  • Elliot Hospital (5)
  • Androscoggin Valley Hospital (4)
  • Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington (4)
  • Concord Hospital-Laconia (4)
  • Carteret Health Care (3)
  • University of Vermont Medical Center (3)
  • Huggins Hospital (3)
  • White Plains Hospital (3)
  • Memorial Health University Medical Center (3)
  • UMass Memorial Medical Center-Memorial Campus (3)
  • Exeter Hospital (3)
  • AdventHealth Ocala (2)
  • Hilton Head Regional Medical Center (2)
  • UMass Memorial Healthalliance-Clinton Hospital, Leominster Campus (2)
  • Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (2)
  • Springfield Hospital (2)
  • Southern NH Medical Center (2)
  • Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (2)
  • St. David's Medical Center (2)
  • NYU Langone Hospitals (2)
  • St. Mary's Hospital (2)
  • Copley Hospital (2)
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital (2)
  • Northern Navajo Medical Center (2)
  • Strong Memorial Hospital (2)
  • St. Anthony Community Hospital (2)
  • Massena Hospital (2)
  • Enloe Medical Center (2)
  • Baystate Medical Center (2)
  • Piedmont Augusta (2)
  • Martha's Vineyard Hospital (2)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (2)
  • Rhode Island Hospital (2)
  • Mary Greeley Medical Center (2)
  • The Nebraska Medical Center (2)
  • Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick (2)
  • St. Clare Hospital (2)
  • Milton S Hershey Medical Center (2)
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (2)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (2)
  • Melrosewakefield Hospital (2)
  • Cooley Dickinson Hospital (2)
  • Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center (2)
  • Presbyterian Hospital (2)
  • Sentara Leigh Hospital (2)
  • SageWest Health Care-Riverton (2)
  • South Shore Hospital (2)
  • New London Hospital (2)
  • Logan Regional Hospital (2)
  • Cape Coral Hospital (2)
  • Spartanburg Medical Center (2)
  • Geisinger Medical Center (2)
  • Methodist Hospital Stone Oak (1)
  • Mercy Hospital St. Louis (1)
  • Saint Bernards Medical Center (1)
  • UPMC Lititz (1)
  • Bluffton Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Aspirus Divine Savior Hospital (1)
  • Our Lady of Fatima Hospital (1)
  • UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital (1)
  • UCHealth Greeley Hospital (1)
  • Cheshire Medical Center (1)
  • Muscogee (Creek) Nation Medical Center (1)
  • Middlesex Hospital (1)
  • Trigg County Hospital (1)
  • St. David's South Austin Medical Center (1)
  • Cass Lake Indian Health Services Hospital (1)
  • St. Joseph Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center (1)
  • Frankfort Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Inspira Medical Center Vineland (1)
  • Rome Health Hospital (1)
  • Inova Alexandria Hospital (1)
  • Cape Cod Hospital (1)
  • SMHC Medical Center Sanford (1)
  • University Hospital S University N Y Health Science Center (1)
  • Flagstaff Medical Center (1)
  • Parkland Medical Center (1)
  • Titus Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Caribou Medical Center (1)
  • Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (1)
  • The Miriam Hospital (1)
  • St. David's Round Rock Medical Center (1)
  • Camden Clark Medical Center (1)
  • UPMC St. Margaret (1)
  • Pennsylvania Hospital (1)
  • Washakie Medical Center (1)
  • Phoenixville Hospital (1)
  • Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital (1)
  • ECMC Health Campus (1)
  • Arnot Ogden Medical Center (1)
  • CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan Valley West (1)
  • University of Kentucky Hospital (1)
  • Reading Hospital (1)
  • Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall (1)
  • Beaumont Hospital, Troy (1)
  • Presbyterian Espanola Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Health-Fairfield Hospital (1)
  • Amberwell Atchison (1)
  • Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital (1)
  • Texoma Medical Center (1)
  • UPMC Cole (1)
  • Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis (1)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (1)
  • Memorial Satilla Health (1)
  • Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center (1)
  • OhioHealth Grant Medical Center (1)
  • PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center (1)
  • Saint Tammany Parish Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Ada (1)
  • Foothills Hospital (1)
  • Wilcox Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Fisher County Hospital District (1)
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City (1)
  • AdventHealth Manchester (1)
  • McLeod Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Medical Center of the Rockies (1)
  • Saint George Regional Hospital (1)
  • Winchester Hospital (1)
  • Orlando Health-Health Central Hospital (1)
  • Adventist Health Lodi Memorial (1)
  • Copper Queen Community Hospital (1)
  • Timpanogos Regional Hospital (1)
  • MultiCare Deaconess Hospital (1)
  • Holyoke Medical Center (1)
  • Roosevelt General Hospital (1)
  • Grady Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Pine Ridge IHS Hospital (1)
  • UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center (1)
  • River Hospital (1)
  • Falmouth Hospital (1)
  • Olympic Medical Center (1)
  • Merit Health Wesley (1)
  • Mount Auburn Hospital (1)
  • UF Health Leesburg Hospital (1)
  • Wilkes Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Newark-Wayne Community Hospital (1)
  • CommonSpirit Holy Cross Hospital-Jordan Valley (1)
  • Saint Michael's Medical Center (1)
  • Cottage Hospital (1)
  • Dupont Hospital (1)
  • Emory Decatur Hospital (1)
  • Monroe County Hospital (1)
  • Kadlec Regional Medical Center (1)
  • St. Joseph's Hospital (1)
  • Altru Hospital (1)
  • Lancaster General Hospital (1)
  • Saint Joseph's Medical Center (1)
  • Beaufort County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • MT. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center (1)
  • Gifford Medical Center (1)
  • M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital (1)
  • UC San Diego Health Hillcrest Hillcrest Medical Center (1)
  • Crossing Rivers Health Medical Center (1)
  • McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center (1)
  • Naples Community Hospital (1)
  • Jefferson Healthcare (1)
  • Providence St. Peter Hospital (1)
  • Russell County Hospital (1)
  • Trinity Hospital (1)
  • Boston Medical Center (1)
  • Newport Hospital (1)
  • MultiCare Valley Hospital (1)
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel (1)
  • Redlands Community Hospital (1)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Lewis County General Hospital (1)
  • Riverside Methodist Hospital (1)
  • South County Hospital (1)
  • Ellis Hospital (1)
  • Lawton Indian Hospital (1)
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center (1)
  • Miami Valley Hospital (1)
  • Clifton Fine Hospital (1)
  • Samaritan Hospital (1)
  • Rapides Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Northwest Florida Community Hospital (1)
  • UPMC Mckeesport (1)
  • Columbus Regional Healthcare System (1)
  • North Country Hospital and Health Center (1)
  • UF Health the Villages Hospital (1)
  • Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital (1)
  • South Shore University Hospital (1)
  • Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Lawrence General Hospital (1)
  • North Shore Medical Center (1)
  • Georgetown Community Hospital (1)
  • CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson (1)
  • Southern Ocean Medical Center (1)
  • Blount Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Speare Memorial Hospital (1)
  • HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital (1)
  • Montrose Regional Health (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan (1)
  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital (1)
  • Northern Light CA Dean Hospital (1)
  • CAMC General Hospital (1)
  • Northwest Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center (1)
  • Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital (1)
  • University of Tennessee Medical Center (1)
  • Westerly Hospital (1)
  • Samaritan Medical Center (1)
  • Heartland Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Garnet Health Medical Center (1)
  • Staten Island University Hospital (1)
  • Yavapai Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Lowell General Hospital (1)
  • Asante Three Rivers Medical Center (1)
  • Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (1)
  • Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center-Janesville (1)
  • St. Mark's Hospital (1)
  • Adventist Health Clear Lake (1)
  • St. David's North Austin Medical Center (1)
  • Adirondack Medical Center Saranac Lake (1)
  • Barnes Jewish Hospital (1)
  • John Muir Medical Center Walnut Creek (1)
  • Park City Hospital (1)
  • Aurora Lakeland Medical Center (1)
  • Chippenham Hospital (1)
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center-Hartford (1)
  • Kearney County Hospital (1)
  • Saint John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore (1)
  • Vidant Chowan Hospital (1)
  • UT Southwestern University Hospital (1)
  • Salem Hospital (1)
  • MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital (1)
  • Saint Vincent Hospital (1)
  • MyMichigan Medical Center Midland (1)
  • PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center (1)
  • Marietta Memorial Hospital (1)
  • UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights (1)
  • MyMichigan Medical Center Clare (1)
  • Jefferson Abington Hospital (1)
  • MyMichigan Medical Center Gladwin (1)
  • Benson Hospital (1)
  • Ohio State University Hospital (1)
  • Lee's Summit Medical Center (1)
  • Catholic Medical Center (1)
  • Poplar Community Hospital (1)
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  • Bothwell Regional Health Center (1)
  • Kittitas Valley Healthcare (1)
  • Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (1)
  • Columbus Regional Hospital (1)
  • Dukes Memorial Hospital (1)
  • St Peter's Hospital (1)
  • WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Southeast (1)
  • Utah Valley Hospital (1)
  • Lompoc Valley Medical Center (1)
  • Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (1)
  • Syringa General Hospital (1)
  • Community Medical Center (1)
  • Fishermen's Community Hospital (1)
  • Methodist Hospital (1)
  • Providence Medford Medical Center (1)
  • CHI Saint Alexius Health Devils Lake (1)
  • USA Health University Hospital (1)
  • Creek Nation Community Hospital (1)
  • TidalHealth Peninsula Regional (1)
  • Aspirus Stevens Point Hospital (1)
  • UnityPoint Health-Meriter (1)
  • Adena Pike Medical Center (1)
  • Concord Hospital-Franklin (1)
  • Charlton Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Talihina Health Care Center (1)
  • Providence Saint Vincent Medical Center (1)
  • Baptist Health Paducah (1)
  • Windham Hospital (1)
  • Rutland Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Alomere Health (1)
  • Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Long Island Community Hospital (1)
  • Atlantic General Hospital (1)
  • Saratoga Hospital (1)
  • Jackson-Madison County General Hospital (1)
  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (1)
  • Commonspirit-Holy Cross Hospital-Salt Lake (1)
  • Community Medical Center (1)
  • Hoag Hospital Newport Beach (1)
  • Mercy Health-St. Vincent Medical Center (1)
  • Sanford Medical Center Bismarck (1)
  • San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Sarasota Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Reedsburg Area Medical Center (1)
  • Englewood Hospital (1)
  • Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital (1)
  • Mission Hospital (1)
  • Sharp Grossmont Hospital (1)
  • Up Health System Marquette (1)
  • Hendricks Regional Health (1)
  • Wake Forest Baptist Health-High Point Medical Center (1)
  • The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Kent County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center (1)
  • Marlborough Hospital (1)
  • Oneida Health (1)
  • Maimonides Medical Center (1)
  • ECU Health Medical Center (1)
  • Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (1)
  • AdventHealth Murray (1)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (1)
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City (1)
  • Providence Alaska Medical Center (1)
  • Anna Jaques Hospital (1)
  • Lower Keys Medical Center (1)
  • Canyon Vista Medical Center (1)
  • Corewell Health Lakeland St Joseph Hospital (1)
  • Central Peninsula General Hospital (1)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (1)
  • Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital (1)
  • Riverton Hospital (1)
  • Saint Vincent Hospital (1)
  • Beverly Hospital (1)
  • Bozeman Health Deaconess Regional Medical Center (1)
  • McLaren Northern Michigan (1)
  • Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital (1)
  • Mount Carmel East (1)
  • Menifee Global Medical Center (1)
  • Columbus Community Hospital (1)
  • Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (1)
  • Weeks Medical Center (1)
  • Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka (1)
  • Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Holy Family Hospital-Methuen (1)
  • Wichita County Health Center (1)
  • Vassar Brothers Medical Center (1)
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Affirming Care
  • LGBTQ+ affirming (3)
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Frequently Asked Questions About Primary Care Doctors in Maine

You can find top-rated group practices in Maine using our group practice search feature (link to group practice state page). Simply select your city, and we'll provide you with a list of highly-rated group practices in your area.

Many primary care doctors within our network are open to new patients. To locate them, initiatate a search for primary care doctors in Maine, and you'll see the available options. You can then use the filter option to specify primary care doctors who are currently accepting new patients.

Certainly, to find primary care doctors in Maine that accept Cigna, simply perform a search for primary care doctors in Maine and use our filter options to refine your search by selecting 'Cigna' as your insurance provider. This will help you identify the primary care doctors near you who are currently accepting Cigna insurance.

Female primary care doctors in Maine, can be located by using our doctor search tool. After performing a search for primary care doctors near you, select 'Female' under gender to narrow your results.

To make the most of your upcoming doctor's appointment, start by gathering your medical records and listing your current medications. Take note of your symptoms and any questions you have. Don't forget to bring your insurance card and identification, and try to arrive a bit early. If your doctor provided specific instructions, be sure to follow them. Consider taking a trusted friend or family member for support during the appointment, and remember to be open and honest with your doctor about any changes in your health or concerns you may have.

Seeking a second opinion is your right as a patient. To do so, begin by discussing your desire for a second opinion with your current doctor. They can often recommend another specialist. You can also research and contact a specialist directly using our doctor finder. Ensure that your medical records and test results are shared between both doctors for a comprehensive evaluation.

You may need to see a specialist if you have a specific medical condition or symptoms beyond the scope of your primary care doctor. To get a referral, start by discussing your concerns with your primary care physician. They can evaluate your condition and provide a referral if necessary. Many insurance plans require referrals for specialist visits, so be sure to check your coverage.

When selecting a healthcare provider, consider factors such as their qualifications, experience, location, and whether they accept your insurance. Additionally, ask for recommendations from friends, family, or your current doctor. It's important to choose someone you feel comfortable with and trust.

Some signs that warrant immediate medical attention include severe chest pain, difficulty breathing, sudden weakness or numbness, severe injuries, severe allergic reactions, loss of consciousness, and signs of stroke or heart attack. If you experience any of these symptoms, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.