CMS Care Compare · 2026 18 nursing homes California

San Francisco County, California

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County inventory for San Francisco County, California 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

7 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into San Francisco County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 18 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 California medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet CA-SAN-FRANCISCO-CALIFORNIA · San Francisco, CA

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

  • NH-MID 18 homes
  • BEDS-MID 2,322 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 4.3★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 7 HH
  • RANK-TOP #142/2,851
  • PHOTO-TIE Linn
  • AL-MID $7,000/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 18/18 NH · 7/7 HH

Photo-finish peer: Linn County, IA (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 San Francisco County

Home-health coverage is the standout for San Francisco County: 7 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 18 nursing homes and 2,322 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 4.4/5 on rated homes.

Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 California medians: assisted living $7,000/mo, semi-private nursing $12,167/mo, private nursing $15,178/mo, home health aide $7,627/mo, adult day $2,037/mo. Local San Francisco providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 1★, 3 at 3★, 1 at 4★, 12 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (39% of 18 homes). Named 4★+ examples include California Pacific Medical Ctr- Davies Campus Hosp, Central Gardens Post Acute, City View Post Acute. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

1★
1
2★
0
3★
3
4★
1
5★
12

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

$7,000
Assisted Living / mo
$12,167
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$7,627
Home Care / mo
4.3
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in San Francisco, CA

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

  1. 1 5★
  2. 2 5★
  3. 3 5★
  4. 4 5★
  5. 5 5★

Nursing Homes in San Francisco County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
California Pacific Medical Ctr- Davies Campus Hosp San Francisco 5/5 38 Non profit - Corporation
Central Gardens Post Acute San Francisco 5/5 92 For profit - Limited Liability company
City View Post Acute San Francisco 5/5 180 For profit - Limited Liability company
Hayes Convalescent Hospital San Francisco 5/5 34 For profit - Limited Liability company
Laurel Heights Community Care San Francisco 5/5 32 For profit - Corporation
Lawton Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center San Francisco 5/5 68 For profit - Limited Liability company
Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center San Francisco 5/5 120 For profit - Limited Liability company
San Francisco Post Acute San Francisco 5/5 53 For profit - Limited Liability company
San Francisco Towers San Francisco 5/5 27 Non profit - Corporation
Sequoias San Francisco Convalescent Hospital San Francisco 5/5 50 Non profit - Corporation
Victorian Post Acute San Francisco 5/5 90 For profit - Corporation
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma SNF San Francisco 5/5 30 Government - City/county
St. Anne'S Home San Francisco 4/5 46 Non profit - Corporation
Jewish Home & Rehab Center D/P SNF San Francisco 3/5 362 Non profit - Corporation
Laguna Honda Hospital & Rehabilitation Ctr D/P SNF San Francisco 3/5 769 For profit - Individual
The Avenues Transitional Care Center San Francisco 3/5 140 For profit - Limited Liability company
San Francisco Health Care San Francisco 1/5 168 For profit - Corporation
Chinese Hospital D/P SNF San Francisco N/A 23 Non profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in San Francisco County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Health Link Home Health Agency San Francisco 5.0
Palmeira Home Health San Francisco 4.5
Kaiser Foundation Hosp Home Health - San Francisco San Francisco 4.0
Crossroads Home Health & Hospice San Francisco 3.5
Sutter Care at Home San Francisco 3.0
Health at Home San Francisco 2.5
Self-Help Homecare & Hospice San Francisco 2.5

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Nationwide counties with similar care inventories

Two CMS peer sets for San Francisco County, CA, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the California overview below stays the geo path).

Similar nursing-home inventory

Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (18 here).

Similar home-health inventory

Nearest other-state counties by mapped home-health agency count (7 here).

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