Cottonwood Canyon Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility in El Cajon, CA (CCN 055064) operating under for profit - corporation ownership, with 96 certified beds and an average daily census of about 89 residents. CMS assigned it a 3-star Overall rating on the Five-Star Quality Rating System (average), built from a 2/5 Health Inspection component, a 3/5 Staffing component, and a 5/5 Quality Measures component. According to CMS Nursing Home Care Compare and the National Provider Identifier Registry, covering more than 14,000 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes with over 1 million certified beds and Five-Star Quality Ratings issued since December 2008 you can search and compare here, every figure traces to its source in our methodology.

On compliance, CMS records show 19 total deficiencies on the most recent survey cycle (6 complaint-based), with 1 fine totaling $11,408 - the national average is 9.5 deficiencies per facility, so Cottonwood Canyon Healthcare Center currently sits above that baseline. RN staffing is 0.43 hours per resident per day, which is 37% below the national average of 0.68 hours, a CMS-reported figure derived from payroll-based journal (PBJ) submissions.

Use the rating breakdown and inspection cycles above to look past the single headline star, the Overall rating is a weighted composite, and facilities with identical headline stars can have very different underlying Health Inspection or Quality Measures profiles. Important: PlainDoctor presents CMS Five-Star Quality Rating data exactly as published at data.cms.gov (February 2026 release) and does not calculate custom scores or rankings. This page is a directory of publicly available government data, not medical advice, a placement recommendation, or a substitute for visiting the facility in person. Before selecting a nursing home for yourself or a family member, read the full CMS survey reports, tour the property, interview staff, and consult licensed clinicians and elder-care advisors about medical and financial implications.