Sonterra Health Center
18514 SONTERRA PLACE, San Antonio, TX, 78258-4263
Federal Quality Data
Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed March 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Government - Hospital district · Chain: The Ensign Group
- Certified beds
- 124 · avg 100 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 50% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 60% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 3 fines · $80,964 total
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
- Infection control citations
- 5
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 312990
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 124 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 34 Medicare-only · 90 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- April 1, 2026
- Current license expires
- July 2, 2026
- Initial license date
- November 28, 2007
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Guadalupe County Hospital Board (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Brackenridge Healthcare, Inc
- Administrator
- Brandon Wiederholt
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Sonterra Health Center is a 124-bed nursing home in San Antonio, managed by Brackenridge Healthcare and licensed to Guadalupe County Hospital Board. CMS rates it 3 stars overall, with a 2-star health inspection rating and a 5-star quality measures rating. Three fines totaling $80,964 have been issued. The facility operates at roughly 80% of licensed capacity.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here 2 stars. Each resident receives about 223 minutes of total nursing care per day — 18 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. About 32% of Texas nursing homes share this staffing rating. Registered nurse time is 20 minutes per resident per day, against 37 minutes at a 4-star-staffing facility in the state.
Three CMS fines totaling $80,964 have been issued. Texas's median fine total across penalized facilities is about $20,699, and roughly 30% of facilities in the state have received no fines at all.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Staffing on nights and weekends
Weekend nursing hours run at 3.1 hours per resident per day versus 3.7 on weekdays — ask how many nurses and aides are on the floor overnight and on Saturdays and Sundays.
Details behind the three fines
CMS recorded three fines totaling $80,964; ask what the citations were for and what specific changes were made afterward.
Health inspection deficiencies
The health inspection rating is 2 stars — ask to see the most recent inspection report and which deficiencies are still under correction plans.
Infection control record
CMS recorded five infection-control citations; ask what protocols have changed and what the current infection rates look like for residents.
Resident Council participation
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how family members raise concerns and how frequently administration meets with the Resident Council.
Relationship with Ensign Group
CMS lists The Ensign Group as the chain operator while the state license is held by Guadalupe County Hospital Board — ask who sets staffing budgets and clinical policy day to day.
Where this information comes from
- License, capacity, ownership, administrator: Texas HHS licensing registry, snapshot as of April 16, 2026.
- Star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processed March 1, 2026.
- Summary, insights, and tour questions: Written from the state licensing and CMS records above, last updated April 19, 2026.
Read our methodology for how this information is collected and verified.