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Home Health Care in California

California has 3,213 licensed home health care agencies listed on ElderCareCosts across 1,618 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $7,627/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

3,213 licensed home health care agencies listed · 2,017 with CMS star ratings.

Cost of home health care in California

Median monthly price, California

$7,627/mo

Modeled range $7,281 – $8,290 how this range is derived

● California $7,627 ○ National median $6,769

Published survey median · 2025

Median costs for home health care versus California and the middle state nationally. The 25th and 75th percentile rows are the modeled range explained on the methodology page; in the national column they are percentiles across state medians. Figures are estimates, not quotes. Home health is priced here at the survey's merged rate for non-medical home caregivers, because the survey no longer prices skilled nursing or therapy visits separately. Skilled visits are usually billed per visit.

Home Health Care cost comparison (2025)
Home Health CareCaliforniaNational
25th percentile$7,281/mo$6,221/mo
Median$7,627/mo$6,769/mo
75th percentile$8,290/mo$7,627/mo

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Source: Published survey median · 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Methodology
Why is this number different on other websites? Many directories quote a community's "starting at" rent, before care fees. This figure is the state survey median. It is an estimate to plan against, not a quote; ask each provider for its own number in writing. Our methodology →

What home care really costs by the hour

Hourly math uses the survey standard of 44 hrs/week when a sourced in-home monthly median is published for this city. We do not invent an hourly rate before that figure exists.

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 California

CMS overall star ratings for 2,017 home health care agencies in California. We do not re-rank these scores.

CMS star ratings in California
CMS starsProviders
5 stars172
4 stars696
3 stars402
2 stars711
1 star36

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California licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for California are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in California

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in California resolve concerns about care and rights. Call 1-800-231-4024.

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 list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

  • In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS). California's flagship in-home Medicaid (Medi-Cal) program: helps eligible low-income aged, blind, and disabled Californians pay for in-home personal care (bathing, meals, housekeeping) so they can stay in their own home instead of a facility. County-administered -- apply through your county IHSS office; no single statewide IHSS phone line is published on the official page. Confirmed on the CDSS IHSS page (2026-07-26).
  • Medi-Cal long-term services and supports (LTSS). State Medicaid / LTSS entry point (DHCS Medi-Cal). Use for HCBS pathway discovery alongside named waivers.
Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

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

Cities in California

Showing the 500 largest of 1,618 tracked cities.

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Home Health Care providers in California

Sample of licensed home health care agencies listed for California. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many home health care agencies are listed in California?

We currently list 3213 licensed home health care agencies across California.

Which cities in California have home health care listings?

We track 1618 California cities for home health care. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in California: 3,213 added · 16,040 updated. Most recent change Sep 1. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, home health care in California costs $7,627/month (median).

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Home Health Care in California. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 19, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/home-health-care/california/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Home Health Care in California." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/home-health-care/california/.

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