CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes Kansas

Smith County, Kansas

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County inventory for Smith 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. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Smith County average 4.0 CMS stars (upper tercile, >3.46) across 2 nursing homes - 67 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Kansas medians.

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County care plate

Sheet KS-SMITH-KANSAS · Smith, KS

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 67 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 4.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-MID #1,896/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,975/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 0 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 Smith County

CMS star quality is the standout for Smith County: rated homes average 4.0/5 (upper tercile, >3.46) across 2 nursing homes and 67 licensed beds.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Kansas medians run 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. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (2 at 4★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (50% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Smith Center Health and Rehab, Sunporch of Smith County. 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.

$5,975
Assisted Living / mo
$8,669
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,435
Home Care / mo
4.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Smith County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Smith Center Health and Rehab Smith Center 4/5 45 For profit - Corporation
Sunporch of Smith County Smith Center 4/5 22 Non profit - Other

Read next for stronger-star Smith

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Cost calculator for Smith County planning
Sparse home-health path: 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 Smith County.