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Selling a skilled nursing facility in Kansas

What moves the price of a Kansas nursing home, how a sale runs from first call to change of ownership, and where to see the record for every Kansas building.

By Stan Klos III · Updated October 2026
Each point is one of Kansas's 296 certified skilled nursing facilities. See every one on SNFRadar ↗

Kansas at a glance

Kansas has 296 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facilities with 18,044 certified beds, and on average 82.6% of those beds are occupied, above the national average of 80.3%.

296certified facilities
18,044certified beds
82.6%of beds occupied

Source: CMS Provider Information file, August 2026. The full Kansas picture, rates and every building are on SNFRadar, the market record we built and publish free.

What a buyer reads first in Kansas

The numbers a buyer pulls before the first call, for the typical Kansas building against the nation. Your own building's are on its SNFRadar page.

Kansas by the numbers
82.6%of beds occupiedU.S. 80.3%
60%Medicaid share of days, medianU.S. 66%
$342revenue per patient day, medianU.S. $373
5.6%net margin, medianU.S. 3.6%
4.07nurse hours per resident dayU.S. 3.86
0.71RN hours per resident dayU.S. 0.69
48.1%nurse turnover in a yearU.S. 45.8%
41%rated 4 or 5 starsU.S. 40%
37%rated 1 or 2 starsU.S. 41%

Sources: CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 (occupancy, staffing, turnover, star ratings: averages across certified buildings); Medicare cost reports (full-year filings), as SNFRadar compares them (medians, the same figures each building's SNFRadar page is compared against).

What moves value in Kansas

Occupancy. 82.6% of Kansas's certified beds are occupied, above the national 80.3%. Full buildings are the norm here, so a buyer will ask why yours is not, or price in the referral strength if it is.

Payer mix and the Medicaid rate. Medicaid pays for 60% of resident days in the median Kansas building, less than the national 66%. Medicare and private-pay residents carry more of the value here, so buyers weigh referral sources and short-stay results heavily. Kansas's Medicaid rate files are on SNFRadar.

Revenue and margin. Net patient revenue runs $342 per patient day in the median Kansas filing, below the national $373, and the median net margin is 5.6% against 3.6%. Buyers here can price on the cash flow a building already earns.

Staffing. Kansas's buildings average 4.07 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, more than the national 3.86, and nurse turnover runs 48.1% a year against 45.8%. Buyers treat agency use and turnover as a cost they will inherit, so a stable staff is worth showing early.

Inspection record. 41% of Kansas buildings are rated four or five stars by Medicare and 37% one or two, against 40% and 41% nationally. With strong ratings common here, a weak one stands out, and buyers will ask for the plan of correction before they price.

Size and ownership type. The average Kansas building has 61 certified beds, against 107 nationally. 59% are for-profit, 35% non-profit and 6% government, and 62% are part of a chain.

Where the beds are

Kansas's largest counties by certified beds. Each opens that county's buildings on SNFRadar.

CountyFacilitiesCertified beds
Johnson353,020
Sedgwick292,202
Shawnee151,255
Wyandotte9621
Harvey7507
All 94 Kansas counties

How a sale works

  1. A first call. What you want from the sale, and when. No listing, no blast.
  2. A value from the record. Your building's own numbers and the trades around it. How valuation works
  3. Vetted buyers under confidentiality, bidding against each other, not against you.
  4. Letter of intent, then the purchase agreement and the operations transfer agreement. The full process
  5. Change of ownership. Kansas's licensure filings plus Medicare and Medicaid, timed so billing does not stop. CHOW and Medicaid

Our recent closings

One shot deal · Seven states · November 2025

One shot deal: $545 million.

A 5,000-bed skilled nursing portfolio across seven states in the Midwest and Southeast, sold for approximately $545 million.

Read the deal sheet

All five closings, with the press coverage they drew.

Questions owners ask

How many nursing homes are in Kansas?

Kansas has 296 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facilities with 18,044 certified beds, according to the CMS Provider Information file (August 2026).

What is the average occupancy of Kansas nursing homes?

On average 82.6% of certified beds in Kansas are occupied, above the national average of 80.3% (CMS Provider Information, August 2026).

Do you work with sellers in Kansas?

Yes. We advise skilled nursing sellers nationwide; our published closings so far are in Ohio, Mississippi, North Carolina and a seven-state portfolio across the Midwest and Southeast.

How much of Kansas's nursing home care does Medicaid pay for?

In the median Kansas building, Medicaid pays for 60% of resident days, against 66% nationally (Medicare cost reports (full-year filings), as SNFRadar compares them). That share is why Kansas's Medicaid rate method decides so much of a building's value.

Are Kansas nursing homes profitable?

The median Kansas building that filed a full-year Medicare cost report shows a net margin of 5.6%, against 3.6% nationally. Margins vary widely from building to building; each building's own filing is on its SNFRadar page.

Is the first conversation confidential?

Yes. Nothing about you or your building goes to a buyer without your say.

Do you represent buyers?

No. We represent sellers. Buyers can share their acquisition criteria with us so we know who to call when a building fits; that does not make us their broker.