CMS Care Compare · 2026 4 nursing homes Minnesota

Mower County, Minnesota

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County inventory for Mower 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. Home-health agency signature

CMS Home Health Compare maps no Medicare-certified home-health agencies into Mower County (lower tercile) beside 4 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet MN-MOWER-MINNESOTA · Mower, MN

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

  • NH-SMALL 4 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 175 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #922/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,573/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 4/4 NH · 0 HH

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

What a thin home-health map shows for Mower County

Home-health coverage is thin in Mower County: no Medicare-certified agencies map in on the current CMS join beside 4 nursing homes and 175 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.

CareScout 2025 Minnesota medians frame mid-pack counties like this: 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. Local Mower County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Mower County break as 2 at 2★, 2 at 4★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (75% of 4 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Good Samaritan Society - Comforcare, Sacred Heart Care Center. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units 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
3.0
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Mower, MN

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 - Comforcare
    4★
  2. 2
    Sacred Heart Care Center
    4★
  3. 3
    Meadow Manor
    2★
  4. 4
    St Marks Living
    2★

Nursing Homes in Mower County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Good Samaritan Society - Comforcare Austin 4/5 45 Non profit - Corporation
Sacred Heart Care Center Austin 4/5 59 Non profit - Corporation
Meadow Manor Grand Meadow 2/5 26 For profit - Corporation
St Marks Living Austin 2/5 45 Non profit - Corporation

Read next when home-health coverage is thin

Decode Five-Star for Mower County homes
Mid-pack context for Mower: What a county-average CMS overall rating does — and does not — tell a family.
Choosing among 4 Mower County homes
A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Mower AL medians run high
Sparse home-health path: Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Mower County planning
Sparse home-health path: 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 Mower County.