Nursing Homes in Washington
Washington has 197 licensed nursing homes listed on ElderCareCosts across 639 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $13,155/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings.
192 of them have a CMS star rating.
Cost of nursing homes in Washington
Median monthly price, Washington
$13,155/mo
Estimated range $12,558 – $15,969
● Washington $13,155 ○ 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 Washington
CMS overall star ratings for 192 nursing homes in Washington. We do not re-rank these scores.
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What federal inspectors recorded in Washington
Washington has 193 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
65%125 of 193 (65%)
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
14%27 of 193 (14%)
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
$52,507in fines · 113 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
4.14hours · 188 facilities
0.42 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
85%165 of 193 (85%)
Counts facilities with at least one deficiency CMS inspectors wrote up in the last 365 days. The most recent one here is dated July 28, 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.
Washington licensing & regulation
Medicaid & local resources in Washington
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Washington State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in Washington resolve concerns about care and rights.
Medicaid programs for care at home
- Community Options Program Entry System (COPES). Apple Health HCS home and community-based waiver (COPES chapter).
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 Washington
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Counties in Washington
Nursing Homes providers in Washington
Some of the licensed nursing homes in Washington. Open a city page for the full local list.
Buena Vista Healthcare
Josephine Caring Community
Heron's Key
Eliseo
The Terraces at Skyline
Providence Mount St. Vincent
Park Shore
Mirabella
Garden Terrace Healthcare Center of Federal Way
Briarwood at Timber Ridge
WALLA WALLA VETERANS HOME
- Veterans option
Frequently asked questions
Which cities in Washington have nursing homes listings?
Washington has nursing homes listings in 639 cities and towns. Find yours in the city list on this page, or search for it by name.
Past 60 days in Washington: 702 updated. Most recent change Nov 3. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.
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