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Nursing Homes in District of Columbia

District of Columbia has 18 licensed nursing homes listed on ElderCareCosts across 1 city. The median estimated cost statewide is $14,916/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings.

17 of them have a CMS star rating.

Cost of nursing homes in District of Columbia

Median monthly price, District of Columbia

$14,916/mo

Estimated range $14,239 – $17,327

● District of Columbia $14,916 ○ National median $10,205

Source: Genworth 2020 survey, adjusted to 2024 prices

Nursing Homes cost comparison (2024)
Nursing HomesDistrict of ColumbiaNational
25th percentile$14,239/mo$8,951/mo
Median$14,916/mo$10,205/mo
75th percentile$17,327/mo$12,642/mo

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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 District of Columbia

CMS overall star ratings for 17 nursing homes in District of Columbia. We do not re-rank these scores.

CMS star ratings in District of Columbia
CMS starsProviders
5 stars4
4 stars4
3 stars5
2 stars4
1 star0

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What federal inspectors recorded in District of Columbia

District of Columbia has 17 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

76%13 of 17 (76%)

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

24%4 of 17 (24%)

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

$97,607in fines · 11 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

4.81hours · 16 facilities

1.09 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

65%11 of 17 (65%)

Counts facilities with at least one deficiency CMS inspectors wrote up in the last 365 days. The most recent one here is dated June 16, 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.

District of Columbia licensing & regulation

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

Medicaid & local resources in District of Columbia

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

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

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Medicaid programs for care at home

National helplines

Cities in District of Columbia

Counties in District of Columbia

Nursing Homes by county in District of Columbia

Nursing Homes providers in District of Columbia

Some of the licensed nursing homes in District of Columbia. Open a city page for the full local list.

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Frequently asked questions

Which cities in District of Columbia have nursing homes listings?

District of Columbia has nursing homes listings in 1 city and towns. Find yours in the city list on this page, or search for it by name.

Past 60 days in District of Columbia: 38 updated. Most recent change Nov 1. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

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