The 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey puts Ohio's statewide median nursing home cost at $9,186 a month ($302 a day) for a semi-private room and $10,389 a month ($342 a day) for a private room. Both figures run slightly below the 2025 national medians of $9,581 and $10,798 a month, respectively.
The detail behind the number
Nursing home costs in Ohio sit meaningfully higher than assisted living costs, reflecting the more intensive skilled nursing staffing a nursing home is licensed and required to provide under OAC 3701-17.
The roughly $1,200-a-month gap between a semi-private and a private room is a real cost families should plan for early, particularly if a hospital discharge from Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, or MetroHealth is pushing toward a short-term rehab stay that could turn into a longer nursing home placement.
As with assisted living, these are statewide medians, not Cleveland-specific figures, so families should treat them as a planning benchmark and always confirm current rates directly with the specific nursing home under consideration.
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