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Skilled Nursing Facility care is expensive, and the cost continues to rise. The average daily cost of a private room in a Nursing Home was $192/day or $70,080 a year, according to the 2004 MetLife Market Survey of Nursing Home and Home Care Costs. This is a more than $4,000 annual increase over the prior year. The cost of a shared Nursing Home room averaged $169 a day, or $61,685 a year.

In addition to a private or semi-private room and the care options you choose, where you live also affects how much you'll spend for Nursing Home care. Alaska reported the highest rates for a private room in a Skilled Nursing Facility, at $204,765 a year or $561 a day on average. The lowest rates were found in Shreveport, Louisiana, at $36,135 a year or $99 a day.

Payment options for Skilled Nursing Facilities include:

  • Private pay
  • Long-term care insurance
  • Medicaid (called “MediCal” in California)
  • Medicare

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