The 2024 CareScout survey found Wisconsin statewide medians of $120,815/year (about $10,068/month) for a semi-private nursing-home room and $135,050/year (about $11,254/month) for a private room -- both above the respective national medians of $111,325/year and $127,750/year.
The detail behind the number
Nursing-home costs are the highest of the five categories CareScout tracks for Wisconsin, reflecting the 24-hour skilled nursing staffing a nursing home is licensed to provide under Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 132. A short-term, rehab-focused nursing-home stay after a hospital discharge is often billed differently -- and potentially covered differently by Medicare -- than a long-term custodial nursing-home placement, so ask explicitly which billing category applies to your situation before assuming the monthly figure above reflects your actual out-of-pocket cost. As with every CareScout figure, this is a statewide median; no Milwaukee-specific nursing-home cost figure has been published by any primary source.
