CMS Care Compare · 2026 2 nursing homes West Virginia

Upshur County, West Virginia

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County inventory for Upshur County, West Virginia 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. Nursing-home inventory signature

2 nursing homes keep Upshur County in the lower nursing-home inventory tercile (≤2 homes) - 136 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 West Virginia cost medians, CMS Five-Star averages.

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Sheet WV-UPSHUR-WEST-VIRGINIA · Upshur, WV

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

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 136 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 1 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,946/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $6,340/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 1/1 HH

Stamps lead with nursing-home inventory tercile (low) plus licensed beds, Five-Star county average, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians, not a generic peer board.

What a thin nursing-home book shows for Upshur County

Upshur County, West Virginia sits in the lower nursing-home inventory tercile with 2 nursing homes and 136 licensed beds - a thinner CMS book than most U.S. counties. Rated facilities average 3.0/5 (1 at 4★+, 1 at 1–2★). Home Health Compare still maps 1 agency here.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 West Virginia medians run assisted living $6,340/mo, semi-private nursing $12,836/mo, private nursing $13,262/mo, home health aide $5,720/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts across Upshur County break as 1 at 1★, 1 at 5★. Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (50% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include St. Joseph'S Hospital. Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.

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1
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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$6,340
Assisted Living / mo
$12,836
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$5,720
Home Care / mo
3.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Upshur County

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

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
St. Joseph'S Hospital Buckhannon 5/5 16 Non profit - Corporation
Holbrook Healthcare Center Buckhannon 1/5 120 For profit - Corporation

Home Health Agencies in Upshur County

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

Agency City Quality Rating
West Virginia Home Health Buckhannon 3.5

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Cost calculator for Upshur County planning
State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the West Virginia elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are West Virginia 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 Upshur County.