Yellowstone County, Montana
County inventory for Yellowstone County, Montana 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. Home-health agency signature
4 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Yellowstone County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 7 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Montana medians + CMS Five-Star.
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Sheet MT-YELLOWSTONE-MONTANA · Yellowstone, MT
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-LOW · HH-SMALL · RANK-HIGH · PHOTO-TIE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 7 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 894 beds
- STAR-LOW 2.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 4 HH
- RANK-HIGH #488/2,851
- PHOTO-TIE Muscogee
- AL-MID $6,075/mo
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 NH · 4/4 HH
Photo-finish peer: Muscogee County, GA (0 NH count).
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Yellowstone County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Yellowstone County: 4 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 7 nursing homes and 894 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 2.0/5 on rated homes.
Dense inventory counties still price against CareScout 2025 Montana medians: assisted living $6,075/mo, semi-private nursing $8,973/mo, private nursing $9,581/mo, home health aide $7,245/mo, adult day $5,783/mo. Local Yellowstone providers may sit above or below those state medians, compare facilities, not just the headline count.
Star counts run softer here (3 at 1★, 1 at 2★, 1 at 3★, 1 at 4★). Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (43% of 7 homes). Named 4★+ examples include St John'S Lutheran Home. Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Yellowstone, MT
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 4★
- 2 3★
- 3 2★
- 4 1★
- 5 1★
Nursing Homes in Yellowstone County
7 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John'S Lutheran Home | Billings | 4/5 | 186 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Laurel Health & Rehabilitation Center | Laurel | 3/5 | 79 | For profit - Corporation |
| Aspen Meadows Health and Rehabilitation Center | Billings | 2/5 | 90 | For profit - Corporation |
| River Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC | Billings | 1/5 | 129 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Skyline Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation | Billings | 1/5 | 150 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Yellowstone River Nursing and Rehabilitation | Billings | 1/5 | 160 | For profit - Individual |
| Billings Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC | Billings | N/A | 100 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Yellowstone County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Compassus Home Health - Billings | Billings | 4.5 |
| St John'S United Home Health | Billings | 3.0 |
| Home and Care Billings | Billings | 2.0 |
| Riverstone Health | Billings | 2.0 |
Read next for home-health-dense Yellowstone
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Yellowstone County, MT, both outside MT so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Montana overview below stays the geo path).
Similar nursing-home inventory
Nearest other-state counties by certified nursing-home count (7 here).
Continue on the Montana elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Montana 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 Yellowstone County.