CMS Care Compare · 2026 1 nursing homes Minnesota

Cook County, Minnesota

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County inventory for Cook County, Minnesota 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 Cook County average 5.0 CMS stars (upper tercile, >3.46) across 1 nursing home - 37 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians.

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Sheet MN-COOK-MINNESOTA · Cook, MN

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

  • NH-ONE 1 home
  • BEDS-FEW 37 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 5.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-TAIL #2,184/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,573/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 1/1 NH · 1/1 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 Cook County

CMS star quality is the standout for Cook County: rated homes average 5.0/5 (upper tercile, >3.46) across 1 nursing home and 37 licensed beds, with 1 home-health agency mapped.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians run assisted living $6,573/mo, semi-private nursing $10,646/mo, private nursing $13,870/mo, home health aide $8,389/mo, adult day $2,600/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 5★). Ownership leans Government - Hospital district (100% of 1 homes). Named 4★+ examples include North Shore Health. 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.

$6,573
Assisted Living / mo
$10,646
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$8,389
Home Care / mo
5.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Cook County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
North Shore Health Grand Marais 5/5 37 Government - Hospital district

Home Health Agencies in Cook County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
North Shore Health Grand Marais N/A

Read next for stronger-star Cook

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Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Cook AL medians run high
Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Cook County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Minnesota elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Minnesota 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 Cook County.