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Suwannee County, Florida

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County inventory for Suwannee County, Florida 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. Licensed-bed capacity signature

401 licensed beds put Suwannee County in the upper licensed-bed tercile (≥345) across 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Florida medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet FL-SUWANNEE-FLORIDA · Suwannee, FL

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

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 401 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.3★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,326/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,610/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with licensed-bed capacity tercile (high) plus nursing-home count, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What high bed capacity shows for Suwannee County

Licensed capacity is the standout for Suwannee County: 401 licensed beds across 3 nursing homes put it in the upper bed tercile (≥345). CMS overall average on rated homes is 3.3/5. 1 home-health agency is mapped in.

CareScout 2025 Florida medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $5,610/mo, semi-private nursing $10,342/mo, private nursing $12,167/mo, home health aide $6,101/mo, adult day $1,625/mo. Local Suwannee County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts across Suwannee County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 4★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (67% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Good Samaritan Center, Surrey Place Nursing Center. 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.

$5,610
Assisted Living / mo
$10,342
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$6,101
Home Care / mo
3.3
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Suwannee, FL

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 Center
    5★
  2. 2
    Surrey Place Nursing Center
    4★
  3. 3
    Live Oak Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
    1★

Nursing Homes in Suwannee County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Good Samaritan Center Live Oak 5/5 161 Non profit - Other
Surrey Place Nursing Center Live Oak 4/5 60 For profit - Limited Liability company
Live Oak Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Live Oak 1/5 180 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Suwannee County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
Advent Christian Village Home Care Agency Live Oak 3.5

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