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Nursing Homes in the United States

Ratings, costs, occupancy, and salary information for 15,339 skilled nursing facilities in the United States is based on data from CMS.gov.
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Nursing Home Occupancy in the US

The average occupancy for nursing homes in the US is , with 1,150,645 resident days occupying 1,633,855 available monthly beds.

Source: medicare.gov

Average resident occupancy information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by skilled nursing facilities. For informational purposes only.

Cost of Nursing Homes in the US

The average nursing home cost is $236.41 per day in the US.

Source: medicare.gov

Average cost per resident day information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For informational purposes only.

Registered Nurse (RN) Minutes Per Resident Per Day in the US

Registered Nurses (RN) spend an average of 43.4 minutes with each resident per day at nursing homes in the US.

Source: medicare.gov

Average RN Minutes Per Resident Per Day information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For informational purposes only.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Minutes Per Resident Per Day in the US

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) spend an average of 53.1 minutes with each resident per day at nursing homes in the US.

Source: medicare.gov

Average LPN/LVN Minutes Per Resident Per Day information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For informational purposes only.

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Minutes Per Resident Per Day in the US

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) spend an average of 134.4 minutes with each resident per day at nursing homes in the US.

Source: medicare.gov

Average CNA Minutes Per Resident Per Day information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For informational purposes only.

Physical Therapy (PT) Minutes Per Resident Per Day in the US

Physical Therapists (PT) spend an average of 4.4 minutes with each resident per day at nursing homes in the US.

Source: medicare.gov

Average Physical Therapy Minutes Per Resident Per Day information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) by . For informational purposes only.

Average Direct Care Minutes Per Resident Per Day in the US

Direct care staff spend an average of minutes with each resident per day at nursing homes in the US.

Source: medicare.gov

Average Total Direct Care Minutes Per Resident Per Day information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For informational purposes only.

Average Length of Stay for Medicare Beneficiaries in the US

The average length of stay for Medicare Residents (Title 18 beneficiaries) at nursing homes in the US is 45.32 days.

Source: medicare.gov

Average length of stay for Medicare beneficiaries information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For informational purposes only.

Average Length of Stay for Medicaid Beneficiaries in the US

The average length of stay for Medicaid Residents (Title 19 beneficiaries) at nursing homes in the US is 485.32 days.

Source: medicare.gov

Average length of stay for Medicaid beneficiaries information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For informational purposes only.

Resident Days by Insurance Coverage in the US

Resident days by insurance coverage are based on 52,332,317 Medicare days, 262,426,057 Medicaid days, and 136,868,673 Medicare Advantage / Private Pay / Other days out of 561,042,545 total available days at nursing homes in the US.

Source: medicare.gov

Resident days by insurance coverage information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For informational purposes only.

Nursing Home Averages
United States

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Star Ratings are based on Medicare Nursing Home Compare Data as of November 15, 2022.

Cost Per Resident Day
$236.41

Avg. Occupancy

Avg. Length of Stay
(Medicare)
45 Days

Avg. Length of Stay
(Medicaid)
485 Days

Estimated costs, occupancy, and length of stay information is based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). For informational purposes only.

Direct Care Per Resident (Per Day)

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
134 minutes

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN)
53 minutes

Registered Nurses
(RN)
43 minutes

Physical Therapy
(PT)
4.4 minutes

Average direct care minutes per resident per day are based on Medicare Nursing Home Compare data as of 2/15/2021.

Direct Care Hourly Wages

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
$17.22 / hour

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN)
$29.47 / hour

Registered Nurses
(RN)
$38.69 / hour

Physical Therapists
(PT)
$48.60 / hour

Occupational Therapists
(OT)
$47.82 / hour

Speech Pathologists
(SP)
$51.39 / hour

Average direct care hourly wages for employees are based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2019. For informational purposes only.

Operational Employee Hourly Wages

Nursing Administration
$40.66 / hour

Administrative Staff
$31.19 / hour

Plant Operations
$21.05 / hour

Central Services
$17.61 / hour

Food Services
$14.61 / hour

Laundry & Linen
$12.55 / hour

Housekeeping
$13.11 / hour

Employee Benefits
$25.70 / hour

Social Services
$23.00 / hour

Medical Records
$19.72 / hour

Pharmacy Staff
$48.26 / hour

Other Staff
$17.26 / hour

Average hourly wages for operational employees are based on data submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for 2019. For informational purposes only.