Home Health Care in Illinois. Cost & Providers

Cost of home health care in Illinois

Median monthly price, Illinois

$6,864/mo

Modeled range $6,553 – $7,460 how this range is derived

● Illinois $6,864 ○ National median $6,769

Published survey median · 2025

Median costs for home health care versus Illinois 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 Care	Illinois	National
25th percentile	$6,553/mo	$6,221/mo
Median	$6,864/mo	$6,769/mo
75th percentile	$7,460/mo	$7,627/mo

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Source: Published survey median · 2025

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 Illinois

CMS overall star ratings for 423 home health care agencies in Illinois. We do not re-rank these scores.

CMS star ratings in Illinois
CMS stars	Providers
5 stars	73
4 stars	131
3 stars	65
2 stars	141
1 star	13

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Illinois licensing & regulation

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

Medicaid & local resources in Illinois

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Illinois Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Illinois 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 list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Community Care Program. Illinois Department on Aging Community Care Program (includes Medicaid HCBS elderly waiver pathway).

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

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

Eldercare Locator · 800-677-1116
Free nationwide connection to local aging services.
211
Local health and human services referrals.
NCOA BenefitsCheckUp
Screen for benefits you may qualify for.
DIAL
ACL Disability Information and Access Line.
VA health benefits
Veterans health care and long-term care programs.

Cities in Illinois

Showing the 500 largest of 1,461 tracked cities.

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Home Health Care providers in Illinois

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

Home Health Care · Cherry Valley, IL