Sage Park Austin is a Type B assisted living community licensed by Texas HHSC under license number 149598, with 109 licensed places, at 4401 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, Texas 78759.
Last verified: October 2026 against the HHSC directory and TULIP record.
License + contact information
| Licensing agency | Texas HHSC, Long-Term Care Regulation |
|---|---|
| Name on the state record | SAGE PARK AUSTIN |
| License number | 149598 |
| HHSC facility ID | 000958 |
| License type | Type B assisted living |
| Licensed capacity | 109 residents |
| Alzheimer's certification | Not certified |
| First licensed | Not shown in the HHSC directory |
| Current license period | January 18, 2024 to January 18, 2027 |
| Status | Licensed (active) |
| Licensee | Sh Opco Spicewood Springs, LLC |
| Management company | Watercrest Community Management, LLC |
| Most recent inspection exit | December 10, 2025 |
| Enforcement record | 1 administrative penalty ($5,250 total), most recent December 1, 2025 |
| State record | Open the TULIP record |
Phone: (512) 418-8822
Who operates Sage Park Austin, and how large is it?
Sage Park Austin is licensed to Sh Opco Spicewood Springs, LLC and managed by Watercrest Community Management, LLC, with 109 licensed places in total, the 34th-largest of the 162 active assisted living licenses in the five-county Austin metro.
What does Sage Park Austin's Type B license mean for a resident?
Sage Park Austin holds a Type B license, which allows residents who need staff help to evacuate, need attendance at night or need help transferring, as long as they are not permanently bedfast.
Type B is the license most Austin-area communities hold, and it is the only one that can carry an Alzheimer's certification.
It holds no Alzheimer's certification, so it cannot market specialized dementia care. If memory loss is part of the picture, ask what happens when a resident needs a secured setting.
What do Texas HHSC inspections show for Sage Park Austin?
The TULIP record lists 2 cited state violations for Sage Park Austin: 0 from health inspections and 2 from life safety code (fire and building) inspections, with the most recent inspection exiting on December 10, 2025. Each citation carries the date the facility corrected it.
| Inspection exit | Visit type | Finding (as written by HHSC) | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21, 2021 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to ensure the required sprinkler system was inspected, tested, and maintained in compliance with NFPA 25. | February 15, 2021 |
| January 21, 2021 | Life Safety Code | The facility failed to ensure an annual inspection was conducted by the local fire marshal. | February 15, 2021 |
These citations span 2021 to 2021. A citation is a finding that a rule was not met on the day of the visit, not a measure of overall quality, and every one listed here shows a correction date. What matters on a tour is whether the same kind of finding repeats, and what changed afterwards.
Has Sage Park Austin been fined or sanctioned by Texas HHSC?
Yes. TULIP lists 1 administrative penalty for Sage Park Austin, totalling $5,250, the most recent imposed on December 1, 2025.
| Imposed | Action | Amount | Rule cited and finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 1, 2025 | Administrative Penalty | $5,250 | 26 TAC §553.259(b): The facility failed to either assess a resident or to develop, approve, sign, or follow a service plan within the allowable time.; 26 TAC §553.275(n)(1-5): The facility failed to provide the required emergency preparedness and response plan training and conduct drills. |
Penalties are public because they are meant to be read. The useful question for the community is not whether it has ever been fined, but what it changed: ask the executive director to walk you through the most recent one.
Where is Sage Park Austin in Austin, and what else is licensed nearby?
Sage Park Austin is at 4401 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, Texas 78759, in Travis County. The nearest other licensed assisted living building is Silverleaf Eldercare at The Arboretum, about 1.2 miles away.
Austin proper has the widest range of care levels in the metro and the widest range of prices with it. Central and west-side communities price toward the top of the market; north and northeast Austin is generally more moderate. Traffic is the practical constraint families underestimate — a community fifteen minutes away at 10 a.m. can be forty at six in the evening, and evening is when most visits actually happen.
| Licensed community | City | Type | Beds | Memory care | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverleaf Eldercare at The Arboretum | Austin | Type B | 12 | No | 1.2 |
| Clearwater at The Arboretum | Austin | Type B | 149 | Yes | 1.8 |
| Brookdale Northwest Hills | Austin | Type B | 240 | Yes | 2.2 |
| The Reserve at Lake Austin | Austin | Type B | 156 | Yes | 2.3 |
| Asher Point Senior Living of Austin | Austin | Type B | 44 | No | 2.8 |
Straight-line distances from HHSC geocodes; drive times are longer.
How does Sage Park Austin compare with other assisted living in Travis County?
At 109 licensed places, Sage Park Austin is 3.0 times the size of the median Austin-metro assisted living license (36 places) and holds about 2% of the 4,994 licensed places in Travis County's 74 facilities.
| Measure (HHSC record) | Sage Park Austin | Austin metro / county context |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed places | 109 | median 36 |
| Alzheimer's-certified places | 0 | 84 of 162 metro licenses are certified |
| Cited violations in published inspection history | 2 | median 2 per license |
| Administrative penalties listed | 1 | 27 of 74 Travis County facilities have one or more |
Size cuts both ways. A large campus usually means more amenities, a deeper staff bench and an on-site move from assisted living to memory care; it can also mean more residents per caregiver on a given shift and more inspection findings simply because there is more to inspect. Ask for the staffing ratio on the floor your parent would live on, not the building average.
What does assisted living cost near Austin?
Sage Park Austin does not publish its rates in the state record, and we do not estimate them. The best published benchmark is the 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey Texas median of $5,666 a month ($184 per day) for a private one-bedroom in assisted living, which is a statewide figure, not an Austin one.
Austin's rapid growth, competitive labor market, and newer inventory generally push local pricing above the Texas median. We do not publish an Austin-specific dollar figure because no primary source publishes one. Ask each community directly for a current all-in monthly quote.
Ask for the base rent, the care-level fee your parent would be assessed at today, and what moves them to the next level, all in writing. See what senior care costs in the Austin area and how STAR+PLUS can cover assisted living services.
What should you ask on a tour of Sage Park Austin?
Bring questions built from the state record rather than the brochure: the record tells you where to push, and a good community answers them without hesitation.
- The December 1, 2025 penalty cited 26 TAC §553.259(b). What changed afterwards, and who is responsible for it now?
- Can I see the report from your most recent life safety code visit and your plan of correction?
- Which care needs would mean my parent has to leave, and how much notice do families get?
- Is the management company the same one that was here two years ago, and how long has the executive director been in post?
- Who administers medications, and are they a licensed nurse or a trained attendant?
- What does the care-level assessment cost and how often is it repeated?
- Do you contract with STAR+PLUS for assisted living services, and how many residents use it today?
How do you verify Sage Park Austin's license yourself?
Search the TULIP LTC Provider Search by license number 149598; the record shows license status, capacity, inspection citations and any penalties, and it is free and public.
To report a concern about care, call HHSC Complaint and Incident Intake at 1-800-458-9858. For free, confidential advocacy for a resident, call the Capital Area long-term care ombudsman at 512-916-6054.
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