Nursing Homes in Illinois
Illinois has 683 licensed nursing homes listed on ElderCareCosts across 1,461 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $8,304/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.
683 licensed nursing homes listed · 663 with CMS star ratings.
Cost of nursing homes in Illinois
● Illinois $8,304 ○ National median $10,205
Median costs for nursing homes 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.
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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 663 nursing homes in Illinois. We do not re-rank these scores.
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What federal inspectors recorded in Illinois
Illinois has 668 facilities certified by Medicare or Medicaid, as of the CMS penalty file published August 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
73%487 of 668 (73%)
A civil money penalty, a payment denial, or both, among the penalties CMS recorded between July 17, 2023 and July 29, 2026.
- Facilities where CMS stopped paying for new admissions
45%300 of 668 (45%)
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
$122,236in fines · 457 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
3.29hours · 656 facilities
0.39 hours below the national median of 3.68 hours.
Total nurse hours per resident per day from payroll records CMS collects, quarter Q1 2026. Staffing is an input, not an outcome.
- Facilities with an inspection citation in the last 12 months
80%536 of 668 (80%)
Counts facilities with at least one deficiency CMS inspectors wrote up in the last 365 days. The most recent one here is dated July 29, 2026. A facility inspected and found compliant records no citation, so this is not a survey date.
These figures cover nursing homes and nothing else on this site. Penalties, payroll staffing and inspection citations in this form are federal records that CMS keeps for Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing homes. Assisted living, memory care and in-home agencies are licensed by each state under different rules, and the state penalty files we hold are not comparable to these. We would rather show one honest set of numbers than a national-looking figure stitched from regulators that do not measure the same thing.
Every share above is printed with the number of facilities behind it. Where a place has too few facilities for a share to mean anything, we print the count and say so rather than a percentage. How we count, and what we will not count, is in our methodology.
Illinois licensing & regulation
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.GOVMedicaid 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).
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.
- Chicago
- Aurora
- Naperville
- Joliet
- Rockford
- Elgin
- Springfield
- Peoria
- Champaign
- Waukegan
- Cicero
- Bloomington
- Schaumburg
- Evanston
- Arlington Heights
- Bolingbrook
- Decatur
- Palatine
- Skokie
- Des Plaines
- Orland Park
- Oak Lawn
- Berwyn
- Mount Prospect
- Tinley Park
- Normal
- Wheaton
- Oak Park
- Hoffman Estates
- Downers Grove
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- Glenview
- Plainfield
- Elmhurst
- Lombard
- Buffalo Grove
- Moline
- Belleville
- Romeoville
- Crystal Lake
- Bartlett
- DeKalb
- Carol Stream
- Urbana
- Quincy
- Streamwood
- Park Ridge
- Wheeling
- Carpentersville
- Hanover Park
- Oswego
- Rock Island
- Addison
- Calumet City
- Northbrook
- Woodridge
- St. Charles
- Glendale Heights
- O'Fallon
- Elk Grove Village
- Mundelein
- Pekin
- North Chicago
- Gurnee
- Highland Park
- Algonquin
- Niles
- Galesburg
- Lake in the Hills
- Burbank
- Danville
- Glen Ellyn
- Lansing
- McHenry
- New Lenox
- Huntley
- Wilmette
- Batavia
- Round Lake Beach
- Vernon Hills
- Oak Forest
- Chicago Heights
- Granite City
- Edwardsville
- Lockport
- Woodstock
- West Chicago
- Alton
- Belvidere
- Morton Grove
- Zion
- Melrose Park
- Homer Glen
- South Elgin
- Collinsville
- Rolling Meadows
- Kankakee
- Elmwood Park
- Westmont
- Yorkville
- Freeport
- Loves Park
- Lisle
- Maywood
- Roselle
- Machesney Park
- Bloomingdale
- Villa Park
- East Peoria
- Carbondale
- Darien
- Blue Island
- Montgomery
- Geneva
- Park Forest
- Grayslake
- South Holland
- East Moline
- Dolton
- Frankfort
- Crest Hill
- Libertyville
- Harvey
- Mokena
- Lake Zurich
- Deerfield
- Evergreen Park
- Lake Forest
- Brookfield
- Homewood
- North Aurora
- Matteson
- Round Lake
- Bensenville
- Alsip
- Sycamore
- Ottawa
- Shorewood
- Bellwood
- Franklin Park
- Palos Hills
- Bourbonnais
- Jacksonville
- East St. Louis
- Cary
- Lemont
- Godfrey
- Hinsdale
- Cahokia Heights
- Charleston
- Bridgeview
- Marion
- Fairview Heights
- Morton
- Mattoon
- Westchester
- Country Club Hills
- La Grange
- Washington
- Prospect Heights
- Norridge
- Bradley
- Dixon
- Morris
- Macomb
- Antioch
- Warrenville
- Sterling
- Swansea
- Chatham
- Shiloh
- Hickory Hills
- Lindenhurst
- Beach Park
- Chicago Ridge
- Mount Vernon
- Wauconda
- Glen Carbon
- Midlothian
- Forest Park
- Wood Dale
- Channahon
- Hazel Crest
- La Grange Park
- Western Springs
- Lincoln
- Canton
- Lincolnwood
- Minooka
- Richton Park
- Northlake
- Winnetka
- Rantoul
- Effingham
- Streator
- Justice
- Herrin
- Plano
- Palos Heights
- River Forest
- Kewanee
- Centralia
- Troy
- Schiller Park
- Markham
- Pontiac
- Burr Ridge
- Fox Lake
- Waterloo
- Columbia
- Barrington
- Manhattan
- Pingree Grove
- Campton Hills
- Summit
- Gages Lake
- Roscoe
- Worth
- Taylorville
- Crestwood
- River Grove
- Riverdale
- Lyons
- Wood River
- Highland
- Winfield
- Mahomet
- Peru
- Sauk Village
- Harvard
- Frankfort Square
- Rochelle
- LaSalle
- Steger
- Flossmoor
- Itasca
- Sugar Grove
- Bethalto
- Hawthorn Woods
- Willowbrook
- Lynwood
- Riverside
- Manteno
- Boulder Hill
- Savoy
- Harwood Heights
- Mascoutah
- Glencoe
- Lake Villa
- Clarendon Hills
- Gilberts
- Glenwood
- Rock Falls
- Monmouth
- Olney
- Hampshire
- Crete
- Harrisburg
- Maryville
- Long Grove
- Paris
- Hillside
- Oak Brook
- Island Lake
- Lincolnshire
- Princeton
- Rockton
- Silvis
- South Beloit
- Round Lake Park
- West Dundee
- Broadview
- Park City
- Jerseyville
- University Park
- Inverness
- North Riverside
- Salem
- Greenville
- Sandwich
- West Frankfort
- Robinson
- Marengo
- Mendota
- Clinton
- Stickney
- Benton
- Calumet Park
- Mount Carmel
- Litchfield
- Chester
- Murphysboro
- Orland Hills
- Volo
- Geneseo
- Winthrop Harbor
- Lakemoor
- Johnsburg
- Elburn
- Monticello
- Countryside
- Beardstown
- Braidwood
- Lake Bluff
- Pontoon Beach
- Spring Grove
- Chillicothe
- Willow Springs
- Metropolis
- Bartonville
- Peoria Heights
- Carterville
- Hillsboro
- Vandalia
- Du Quoin
- East Alton
- Mount Zion
- Lake Holiday
- Wilmington
- Genoa
- Northfield
- Carlinville
- Spring Valley
- Candlewick Lake
- Lake Barrington
- Coal City
- Highwood
- Posen
- Grandwood Park
- Pana
- Berkeley
- Colona
- Monee
- Hoopeston
- Milan
- South Barrington
- Pinckneyville
- Eureka
- Carmi
- Palos Park
- Tuscola
- Watseka
- Olympia Fields
- Beecher
- Lakewood
- Creve Coeur
- Freeburg
- Peotone
- Cortland
- Fairfield
- Robbins
- Fox River Grove
- Stone Park
- Flora
- Lebanon
- Pittsfield
- Sherman
- Shelbyville
- Sullivan
- Auburn
- Breese
- Staunton
- Kildeer
- Wonder Lake
- Marseilles
- West Peoria
- Rosewood Heights
- Coal Valley
- Hometown
- Anna
- Metamora
- Paxton
- Caseyville
- Green Oaks
- Sparta
- Marshall
- Riverwoods
- Millstadt
- Indian Head Park
- Scott AFB
- Lawrenceville
- Burnham
- Poplar Grove
- South Chicago Heights
- Barrington Hills
- Dupo
- Dwight
- Oregon
- Red Bud
- St. Joseph
- Eldorado
- Rochester
- Cherry Valley
- Byron
- Morrison
- Fairbury
- Deer Park
- Fulton
- Wadsworth
- Smithton
- Aledo
- Oglesby
- Tolono
- Hainesville
- Riverton
- Forsyth
- New Baden
- Abingdon
- Germantown Hills
- Gibson City
- Westville
- Pistakee Highlands
- Johnston City
- Long Lake
- Momence
- Rosemont
- South Jacksonville
- Le Roy
- Knoxville
- Virden
- Sleepy Hollow
- East Dundee
- North Barrington
- Georgetown
- Ingalls Park
- Havana
- Diamond
- Winnebago
- Carlyle
- Dixmoor
- Nashville
- Newton
- Galena
- El Paso
- Madison
- Arcola
- Savanna
- Gillespie
- Ridgewood
- Holiday Shores
- Lena
- Davis Junction
- Rushville
- Pawnee
- Mount Morris
- Oakbrook Terrace
- Hamilton
- Bushnell
- McLeansboro
- Trenton
- Richmond
- Fairmont
- Round Lake Heights
- Heyworth
- Christopher
- Wayne
- Rockdale
- Sheridan
- Kenilworth
- Polo
- Fairmont City
- Marquette Heights
- Carrollton
- Galva
- Tilton
- Seneca
- Preston Heights
- Henry
- Oakwood Hills
- Fox Lake Hills
- Aviston
- Amboy
- Tremont
- Lake Summerset
- Merrionette Park
- Villa Grove
- Petersburg
- Venetian Village
- Hinckley
- Elmwood
- Brighton
- Carthage
- Altamont
- White Hall
- Sumner
- Casey
- South Roxana
- Prairie Grove
- Catlin
- Mason City
- Carbon Cliff
- Nokomis
- Cambridge
- Lexington
- Bellevue
- Athens
- Lake of the Woods
- Arthur
- Channel Lake
- Farmington
- Prestbury
Counties in Illinois
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 nursing homes providers each county holds.
- Cook County204
- Du Page County36
- Kane County25
- Lake County24
- Madison County17
- Will County17
- St. Clair County15
- Winnebago County15
- Peoria County11
- Mc Henry County10
- La Salle County9
- Rock Island County9
- Adams County8
- Kankakee County8
- Sangamon County8
- Tazewell County8
- De Kalb County7
- Macon County7
- Whiteside County7
- Fulton County6
- Knox County6
- Livingston County6
- Macoupin County6
- Mc Lean County6
- Ogle County6
- Vermilion County6
- Williamson County6
- Woodford County6
- Coles County5
- Henry County5
- Iroquois County5
- Jefferson County5
- Marion County5
- Montgomery County5
- Stephenson County5
- Bureau County4
- Champaign County4
- Christian County4
- Clinton County4
- Effingham County4
Nursing Homes providers in Illinois
Sample of licensed nursing homes listed for Illinois. City pages show fuller local inventories.
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Smith Crossing
Radford Green
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Park Place Christian Community
Montgomery Place
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Frequently asked questions
How many nursing homes are listed in Illinois?
We currently list 683 licensed nursing homes across Illinois.
Which cities in Illinois have nursing homes listings?
We track 1461 Illinois cities for nursing homes. See the city list on this page for options near you.
Past 60 days in Illinois: 683 added · 3,937 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, nursing homes in Illinois cost $8,304/month (median).
APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). Nursing Homes in Illinois. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/nursing-homes/illinois/
Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Nursing Homes in Illinois." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/nursing-homes/illinois/.
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