About The Cottages

The Cottages is a nursing home in Pella, Iowa. Its capacity is 100 beds, above the Iowa median of 57 for nursing homes. It is run by a nonprofit operator and is part of Wesleylife. It is Medicare certified. Its public inspection record shows 21 citations, the most recent on November 25, 2025. CMS also lists 3 fines or payment denials against it. Nurse staffing averages 4.22 hours per resident per day. Its public records were last updated in October 2026.

Public record

CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026

Certification

Medicare-certified.

Ratings

Overall

1.0

Staffing

4.0

Quality measures

3.0

CMS Care Compare, October 2026.

Inspection history (21)

Records from June 2023 to November 2025.

June 29, 2023
Tag F0725
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected July 20, 2023.

See the source data on data.cms.gov

Penalties (3)

Total fines: $40,054

June 4, 2026 · Fine
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $12,006 against this nursing home on June 4, 2026.
August 25, 2025 · Fine
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $26,800 against this nursing home on August 25, 2025.
February 24, 2025 · Fine
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $13,254 against this nursing home on February 24, 2025.

See the source data on data.cms.gov

Staffing

4.22 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, down from 4.41 in Q4 2025.

From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.

Ownership

Non profit

Part of Wesleylife, a chain of 10 nursing homes.

Average CMS star ratings across the chain: 3.6 overall, 3.1 for health inspections, 4.2 for staffing, 3.9 for quality measures.

Typical cost

CareScout Cost of Care Survey, 2025

This provider's prices aren't public. Here is what the same care typically costs in Iowa.

Nursing Homes

Iowa median$9,277/mo

Iowa cost breakdown

What Medicaid pays nursing homes

This is what Iowa Medicaid pays a nursing home for each resident per day. It is not what a family pays privately, but it shows what the state treats as the cost of a day of care.

Median facility daily rate

$307.06per day

About $9,335 a month.

Median we calculated from the state's own facility rate file, January 1, 2026. Based on 381 facilities.

Source: IA Medicaid NF rate publication, updated 2026-01-01

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