CMS Care Compare · 2026 3 nursing homes Kansas

Ellis County, Kansas

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County inventory for Ellis County, Kansas 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. Nursing-home inventory signature

3 nursing homes place Ellis County mid-pack on nursing-home inventory (3–4 homes) - 186 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Kansas cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.

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County care plate

Sheet KS-ELLIS-KANSAS · Ellis, KS

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

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 186 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.3★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,100/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,975/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (mid) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.

What a mid-pack nursing-home book shows for Ellis County

Ellis County, Kansas is mid-pack on nursing-home inventory with 3 nursing homes and 186 licensed beds. Rated facilities average 3.3/5 (2 at 4★+, 1 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare maps 1 agency alongside that book.

CareScout 2025 Kansas medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $5,975/mo, semi-private nursing $8,669/mo, private nursing $9,064/mo, home health aide $6,435/mo, adult day $4,333/mo. Local Ellis County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Ellis County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 4★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Good Samaritan Society - Hays, Good Samaritan Society - Ellis. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

1★
1
2★
0
3★
0
4★
1
5★
1

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

$5,975
Assisted Living / mo
$8,669
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,435
Home Care / mo
3.3
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Ellis, KS

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Good Samaritan Society - Hays
    5★
  2. 2
    Good Samaritan Society - Ellis
    4★
  3. 3
    Via Christi Village - Hays Inc
    1★

Nursing Homes in Ellis County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Good Samaritan Society - Hays Hays 5/5 45 Non profit - Corporation
Good Samaritan Society - Ellis Ellis 4/5 45 Non profit - Corporation
Via Christi Village - Hays Inc Hays 1/5 96 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Ellis County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Good Samaritan Home Health of Central Kansas Hays 5.0

Read next beside this mid-pack Ellis book

Decode Five-Star for Ellis County homes
Mid-pack context for Ellis: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 3 Ellis County homes
A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Ellis
Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Ellis County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

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