CMS Care Compare · 2026 1 nursing homes Alaska

Northwest Arctic County, Alaska

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County inventory for Northwest Arctic County, Alaska is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. CMS star-quality signature

Rated homes in Northwest Arctic County average 4.0 CMS stars (upper tercile, >3.46) across 1 nursing home - 18 licensed beds, CareScout 2025 Alaska medians.

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Sheet AK-NORTHWEST-ARCTIC-ALASKA · Northwest Arctic, AK

NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-HIGH · HH-NONE · RANK-TAIL · PHOTO-NONE · AL-HIGH · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 1 home
  • BEDS-FEW 18 beds
  • STAR-HIGH 4.0★ avg
  • HH-NONE 0 agencies
  • RANK-TAIL #2,578/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-HIGH $9,882/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 1/1 NH · 0 HH

Stamps lead with CMS star-quality tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Home Health Compare agencies, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What stronger CMS stars show for Northwest Arctic County

CMS star quality is the standout for Northwest Arctic County: rated homes average 4.0/5 (upper tercile, >3.46) across 1 nursing home and 18 licensed beds.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Alaska medians run assisted living $9,882/mo, semi-private nursing $27,831/mo, private nursing N/A/mo, home health aide $7,245/mo, adult day $3,792/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 4★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (100% of 1 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Utuqqanaat Inaat. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$9,882
Assisted Living / mo
$27,831
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$7,245
Home Care / mo
4.0
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Northwest Arctic County

1 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Utuqqanaat Inaat Kotzebue 4/5 18 Non profit - Corporation

Read next for stronger-star Northwest Arctic

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Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Northwest Arctic AL medians run high
Sparse home-health path: Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Northwest Arctic County planning
Sparse home-health path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Alaska elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Alaska state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Northwest Arctic County.