CMS Care Compare · 2026 6 nursing homes Texas

Hays County, Texas

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County inventory for Hays County, Texas 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. Home-health agency signature

6 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Hays County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 6 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Texas medians + CMS Five-Star.

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County care plate

Sheet TX-HAYS-TEXAS · Hays, TX

NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 6 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 727 beds
  • STAR-LOW 2.2★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 6 HH
  • RANK-HIGH #533/2,851
  • PHOTO-TIE Yuma
  • AL-MID $5,666/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 6/6 NH · 6/6 HH

Photo-finish peer: Yuma County, AZ (0 NH count).

Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What a dense home-health map shows for Hays County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Hays County: 6 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 6 nursing homes and 727 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 2.2/5 on rated homes.

Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Texas medians: assisted living $5,666/mo, semi-private nursing $5,627/mo, private nursing $7,604/mo, home health aide $5,720/mo, adult day $1,950/mo. Local Hays providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.

Star counts run softer here (3 at 1★, 2 at 3★, 1 at 4★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (67% of 6 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation-Kyle. Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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2★
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4★
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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,666
Assisted Living / mo
$5,627
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$5,720
Home Care / mo
2.2
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Hays, TX

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

  1. 1
    Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation-Kyle
    4★
  2. 2
    Avir at Dripping Springs
    3★
  3. 3
    Hays Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
    3★
  4. 4
    Cypress Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
    1★
  5. 5
    Deer Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation
    1★

Nursing Homes in Hays County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation-Kyle Kyle 4/5 126 For profit - Corporation
Avir at Dripping Springs Dripping Springs 3/5 60 For profit - Limited Liability company
Hays Nursing and Rehabilitation Center San Marcos 3/5 116 For profit - Corporation
Cypress Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center San Marcos 1/5 174 For profit - Individual
Deer Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation Wimberley 1/5 122 For profit - Corporation
San Marcos Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center San Marcos 1/5 129 For profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Hays County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Progressive Home Health Agency Buda 4.5
Ascension at Home Kyle 4.0
Pam Health at Home Buda 4.0
Jol Healthcare Kyle 3.5
Halcyon Home San Marcos N/A
Wimberley Home Health Wimberley N/A

Read next for home-health-dense Hays

Read CMS stars with Hays County's 2.2 average
Dense-book context for Hays: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 6 Hays County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Hays
Home-health-dense path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Hays County planning
Home-health-dense path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Nationwide counties with similar care inventories

Two CMS peer sets for Hays County, TX, both outside TX so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Texas overview below stays the geo path).

Similar nursing-home inventory

Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (6 here).

Yuma, AZ 6 homes Martin, FL 6 homes Dona Ana, NM 6 homes Ross, OH 6 homes

Similar home-health inventory

Nearest other-state counties by mapped home-health agency count (6 here).

Baldwin, AL 6 agencies Berrien, MI 6 agencies Muskingum, OH 6 agencies Washington, OH 6 agencies

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