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Assisted Living in Missouri

Missouri has 661 licensed assisted living communities listed on ElderCareCosts across 500 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $5,400/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

661 licensed assisted living communities listed · 61 with CMS star ratings.

Cost of assisted living in Missouri

Median monthly price, Missouri

$5,400/mo

Modeled range $5,155 – $5,869 how this range is derived

Missouri $5,400 National median $6,230

Modeled median costs for assisted living versus Missouri and a multi-state national aggregate. Figures are estimates, not quotes.

Assisted Living cost comparison (2025)
Assisted LivingMissouriNational
25th percentile$5,155/mo$5,488/mo
Median$5,400/mo$6,230/mo
75th percentile$5,869/mo$7,083/mo

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Why is this number different on other websites? Most sites average "starting at" prices. Base rent, before care fees. We estimate the full monthly cost families actually pay. Budget from the all-in number. Our methodology →

Ways families typically pay

  • Private pay (savings, income, home equity)
  • Long-term care insurance
  • VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses
  • Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers, where eligible. Rules vary by state

Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. State-specific Medicaid waiver guides are coming soon.

CMS rating distribution in Missouri

CMS overall star ratings for 61 assisted living communities in Missouri. We do not re-rank these scores.

CMS star ratings in Missouri
CMS starsProviders
5 stars11
4 stars10
3 stars12
2 stars8
1 star20

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Missouri licensing & regulation

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) licenses and inspects assisted living communities in Missouri. Before you sign anything, look up the community's license status and past complaints on the state's own site, not a marketing page.

Source: State licensing agency.GOV

Medicaid & local resources in Missouri

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Missouri Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Missouri resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We do not list eligibility dollar amounts or wait lists unless a primary source is cited in a later pass.

  • Aged and Disabled Waiver. Missouri 1915(c) Aged and Disabled Waiver for adults 65+ and adults 63–64 with physical disabilities (CMS factsheet).
Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in Missouri

Showing 500 of 1082 tracked cities.

Counties in Missouri

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many assisted living providers each county holds.

All 61 Missouri counties

Assisted Living providers in Missouri

Sample of licensed assisted living communities listed for Missouri. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many assisted living communities are listed in Missouri?

We currently list 661 licensed assisted living communities across Missouri.

Which cities in Missouri have assisted living listings?

We track 500 Missouri cities for assisted living. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in Missouri: 662 added · 1,539 updated. Most recent change Sep 2. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, assisted living in Missouri costs $5,400/month (median).

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Assisted Living in Missouri. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/assisted-living/missouri/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Assisted Living in Missouri." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 16, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/assisted-living/missouri/.

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