CMS Care Compare · 2026 1 nursing homes North Carolina

Avery County, North Carolina

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County inventory for Avery County, North Carolina is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Avery County average 5.0 CMS stars (upper tercile, >3.46) across 1 nursing home - 118 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians.

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Sheet NC-AVERY-NORTH-CAROLINA · Avery, NC

NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-HIGH · HH-NONE · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 1 home
  • BEDS-FEW 118 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 5.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #2,039/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,496/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 1/1 NH · 0 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What stronger CMS stars show for Avery County

CMS star quality is the standout for Avery County: rated homes average 5.0/5 (upper tercile, >3.46) across 1 nursing home and 118 licensed beds.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 North Carolina medians run assisted living $6,496/mo, semi-private nursing $9,733/mo, private nursing $10,798/mo, home health aide $5,720/mo, adult day $1,831/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (100% of 1 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Life Care Center of Banner Elk. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$6,496
Assisted Living / mo
$9,733
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$5,720
Home Care / mo
5.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Avery County

1 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Life Care Center of Banner Elk Banner Elk 5/5 118 For profit - Corporation

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Continue on the North Carolina elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are North Carolina state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Avery County.