Bledsoe County Nursing Home
107 WHEELERTOWN AVENUE, Pikeville, TN 37367
Pikeville, Tennessee · CMS verdict
Bledsoe County Nursing Home does not yet carry a CMS overall star rating, too new, recently sold, or with insufficient resident-assessment data for the public five-star algorithm. An absent rating is neither positive nor negative.
The rating and the PlainElderCare Index below summarize federal inspection, staffing, and outcome data, they measure specific, documented dimensions of this facility, not a holistic verdict on the care your family member would receive. Visit in person, talk with staff and current residents' families, and weigh your family member's specific needs before choosing.
Bledsoe County Nursing Home in Pikeville, Tennessee is not yet rated by CMS and a PlainElderCare Quality & Compliance Index of 94 of 100 (grade A). The 50-bed facility operates where a semi-private nursing-home room in Tennessee runs a median of $9,429 per month. Figures are from CMS Nursing Home Compare.
Quality & Compliance Index (thinner bed book)
At 50 certified beds, this facility sits in the lower U.S. bed tercile (≤80). A transparent composite of this facility's CMS Care Compare sub-ratings and its federal inspection record. It complements, and does not replace, the official CMS overall rating of not yet rated. How this is calculated.
How the 94 is built
Each segment is a dimension's weighted points toward the score, summing to 94.
Weights: health inspections 30%, staffing 25%, quality measures 25%, inspection record 20%; any dimension CMS has not published drops out and its weight redistributes (no silent deflation). Inspection record is benchmarked against all rated US nursing homes. Source: CMS Nursing Home Compare.
Bledsoe County Nursing Home's thinner certified-bed book
Quality ratings
Care Compare (data as of April 2026) lists no overall CMS star rating for Bledsoe County Nursing Home. That gap typically means the facility is too new for a completed inspection cycle, recently changed ownership, or lacks enough resident-assessment data to compute the quality measures component -- not necessarily a sign of poor performance, just insufficient published data for the public algorithm to score it.
Size and setting
Located in Pikeville, Tennessee, this facility operates 50 certified beds with an average daily census of roughly 33 residents - an occupancy rate of about 66%. The facility is classified under government - county ownership, a designation that can influence staffing patterns, reinvestment decisions, and admissions policy. At roughly 66% occupancy, this facility has meaningful open capacity relative to its certified bed count.
Inspection record
On the regulatory side, federal and state surveyors have documented a moderate number of deficiencies at this facility (4 total). CMS has levied no enforcement penalties over the equivalent window. This volume of findings is worth reading past the count: CMS's F-tag scale separates isolated, low-harm citations from widespread or immediate-jeopardy ones, and only the full report shows which this facility has.
Where these figures come from
Figures above come from CMS Nursing Home Compare (Care Compare, data as of April 2026) with state cost medians from the CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See our methodology for vintage.
Facility details
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Beds | 50 |
| Residents | 33 |
| Ownership | Government - County |
| County | Bledsoe |
| Penalties | 0 |
| Deficiencies | 4 |
Source: CMS Care Compare Nursing Homes (data as of April 2026)
What do families ask most?
How much does a nursing home cost per month in Tennessee? ▾
CareScout's 2025 survey puts Tennessee's median semi-private nursing home rate at $9,429 per month ($113,150 per year), with private rooms averaging $10,038 per month.
What services does Bledsoe County Nursing Home offer? ▾
With 50 beds with approximately 33 current residents, Bledsoe County Nursing Home is a skilled nursing facility. It operates under government - county ownership, and CMS's inspection record shows 4 deficiencies and 0 penalties.
Does Bledsoe County Nursing Home have any deficiencies or penalties? ▾
Bledsoe County Nursing Home has multiple deficiencies (4 total) and 0 penalties recorded by CMS. A count in this range makes it worth asking staff or the facility directly which findings were minor paperwork versus resident-care issues.
What are the alternatives to a nursing home in Tennessee? ▾
In Tennessee, alternatives include assisted living ($5,845/mo), home health aides ($5,911/mo), and adult day care ($1,733/mo).
Keep reading
Also see the Tennessee elder-care overview and highest-rated states. Provider ID: 44E480.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.