Nursing Home Costs by State
Nationally, a semi-private nursing home room costs a median of $9,581 a month and a private room $10,798 (CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025). The 894 nursing homes that publish a private-pay rate charge a median of $11,104 a month (Lilisity review of nursing home websites and state price reports, October 2026).
Updated October 2026. Choose a state for its medians, the rates its nursing homes publish, and ways to pay.
| State | Semi-private, a month | Private, a month | Published rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $8,334 | $8,787 | — |
| Alaska | $27,831 | — | — |
| Arizona | $8,365 | $11,437 | — |
| Arkansas | $7,452 | $8,060 | — |
| California | $12,167 | $15,178 | — |
| Colorado | $10,159 | $12,182 | $9,000 (5) |
| Connecticut | $15,208 | $16,729 | $15,474 (188) |
| Delaware | $14,494 | $15,132 | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | $10,342 | $12,167 | $10,264 (356) |
| Georgia | $8,821 | $9,429 | — |
| Hawaii | $15,473 | $16,395 | — |
| Idaho | $10,494 | $12,167 | — |
| Illinois | $8,304 | $9,216 | — |
| Indiana | $8,943 | $10,326 | $11,522 (15) |
| Iowa | $9,277 | $10,038 | — |
| Kansas | $8,669 | $9,064 | — |
| Kentucky | $9,718 | $11,254 | $13,650 (6) |
| Louisiana | $7,604 | $8,076 | — |
| Maine | $13,976 | $14,904 | — |
| Maryland | $12,927 | $14,448 | — |
| Massachusetts | $14,448 | $15,817 | — |
| Michigan | $11,254 | $11,969 | — |
| Minnesota | $10,646 | $13,870 | $8,450 (180) |
| Mississippi | $9,581 | $9,885 | — |
| Missouri | $6,741 | $7,604 | $5,898 (7) |
| Montana | $8,973 | $9,581 | — |
| Nebraska | $8,377 | $9,216 | — |
| Nevada | $11,786 | $14,463 | — |
| New Hampshire | $12,243 | $13,444 | — |
| New Jersey | $12,775 | $14,448 | — |
| New Mexico | $9,125 | $10,633 | — |
| New York | $15,528 | $16,729 | $16,072 (18) |
| North Carolina | $9,733 | $10,798 | — |
| North Dakota | $11,528 | $12,304 | $11,951 (61) |
| Ohio | $9,186 | $10,389 | $10,929 (8) |
| Oklahoma | $7,026 | $7,756 | — |
| Oregon | $16,760 | $18,448 | — |
| Pennsylvania | $11,954 | $13,688 | $13,118 (6) |
| Rhode Island | $12,106 | $13,383 | — |
| South Carolina | $9,034 | $9,612 | — |
| South Dakota | $9,444 | $10,190 | — |
| Tennessee | $9,429 | $10,038 | — |
| Texas | $5,627 | $7,604 | $5,264 (6) |
| Utah | $8,669 | $10,646 | — |
| Vermont | $14,113 | $15,528 | — |
| Virginia | $10,250 | $11,680 | — |
| Washington | $13,155 | $15,969 | — |
| West Virginia | $12,836 | $13,262 | — |
| Wisconsin | $10,646 | $12,319 | — |
| Wyoming | $9,916 | $10,923 | — |
Semi-private and private: CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025 medians (no District of Columbia figures). Published rate: median private-pay rate, Lilisity review of nursing home websites and state price reports, October 2026; the number of nursing homes is in brackets, shown where at least 5 publish one.
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Sources
- CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025, median cost data tables (nursing home, semi-private and private room), collected July to November 2025: carescout.com/cost-of-care.
- Lilisity review of nursing home websites and state price reports, October 2026: private-pay rates posted by nursing homes on their own websites, archived copies of those pages, and private-pay rate reports some states publish. Rates dated before 2025, state veterans homes and rates under half the state’s CareScout semi-private median (usually an assisted living price on the same campus) are left out, as is a single figure from one web page credited to several nursing homes (a general statement such as “more than $8,000 a month”, not each home’s rate).
- Nursing home list: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Care Compare.
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