Nursing Homes in Alaska
Alaska has 22 licensed nursing homes listed on ElderCareCosts across 355 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $27,831/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings.
20 of them have a CMS star rating.
Cost of nursing homes in Alaska
Median monthly price, Alaska
$27,831/mo
Estimated range $26,568 – $30,249
● Alaska $27,831 ○ National median $10,205
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Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. Families usually combine private pay, long-term care insurance, VA Aid and Attendance, or a Medicaid waiver where they qualify. See paying for care and the state Medicaid guides.
CMS rating distribution in Alaska
CMS overall star ratings for 20 nursing homes in Alaska. We do not re-rank these scores.
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What federal inspectors recorded in Alaska
Alaska has 20 facilities certified by Medicare or Medicaid, as of the CMS penalty file published October 1, 2026. CMS publishes what it fined them, when it stopped paying for new admissions, how many nursing hours they staffed, and what its inspectors wrote up. These are those records counted. A penalty is an enforcement action on a date, not a verdict on the care a resident receives today.
- Facilities with a federal penalty
35%7 of 20 (35%)
A civil money penalty, a payment denial, or both, among the penalties CMS recorded between July 17, 2023 and September 23, 2026.
- Facilities where CMS stopped paying for new admissions
15%3 of 20 (15%)
A payment denial is CMS refusing to pay for newly admitted Medicare and Medicaid residents until the facility corrects the problem it cited.
- Median penalty total, among facilities that were fined
$46,594in fines · 5 facilities
The middle facility's total across every civil money penalty CMS recorded for it in this window, not the amount of a single fine.
- Median nurse staffing hours per resident day
6.40hours · 15 facilities
2.68 hours above the national median of 3.72 hours.
Total nurse hours per resident per day from payroll records CMS collects, quarter Q2 2026. Staffing is an input, not an outcome.
- Facilities with an inspection citation in the last 12 months
75%15 of 20 (75%)
Counts facilities with at least one deficiency CMS inspectors wrote up in the last 365 days. The most recent one here is dated June 12, 2026. A facility inspected and found compliant records no citation, so this is not a survey date.
These figures cover nursing homes only. CMS keeps these penalty, staffing and inspection records for Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes. Assisted living, memory care and home care agencies are licensed by each state under different rules, so their records are not comparable.
Each share above shows how many facilities it is based on. Where there are too few for a percentage to mean much, we show the count instead. More in our methodology.
Alaska licensing & regulation
Medicaid & local resources in Alaska
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Alaska Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Alaska resolve concerns about care and rights.
Medicaid programs for care at home
- Alaskans Living Independently. CMS 1915(c) waiver for adults 65+ and adults 21–64 with physical disabilities who meet nursing facility level of care. Confirm current SDS consumer page on health.alaska.gov.
National helplines
- 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 Alaska
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Counties in Alaska
Nursing Homes providers in Alaska
Some of the licensed nursing homes in Alaska. Open a city page for the full local list.
Polaris Transitional Care
Maple Springs of Palmer
Maple Springs of Wasilla
Denali Center
Providence Valdez Medical Center
Providence Seward Mountain Haven
Ketchikan Med CTR New Horizons Transitional Care
Yukon Kuskokwim Elder's Home
Utuqqanaat Inaat
Searhc Sitka Long Term Care
Providence Kodiak Island Med LTC
Frequently asked questions
Which cities in Alaska have nursing homes listings?
Alaska has nursing homes listings in 355 cities and towns. Find yours in the city list on this page, or search for it by name.
Past 60 days in Alaska: 49 updated. Most recent change Nov 3. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.
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