Tools & Calculators
Work directly with the elder-care cost and CMS quality data behind plaineldercare: estimate what care will cost and see how facilities stack up, with every figure drawn from public datasets.
Download the state cost and quality CSV - same extract the tools localize.
What these tools do
The 2 tools localize CareScout's 5-setting national cost ladder (from $2,557 to $11,983/month) and place a CMS overall star inside its state peer set.
Use the cost calculator to project monthly and multi-year spend by state and care type from CareScout 2025 medians, and the rating-percentile tool to see where a 1-to-5 CMS overall star sits among rated nursing homes in that state. National medians on this hub are the same CareScout ladder the calculator starts from; they are inventory benchmarks, not quotes from a specific facility.
- Care Rating Percentile See where a CMS overall star rating sits among all rated nursing homes in a given state. Open care rating percentile →
- Cost Calculator Estimate your monthly and multi-year elder-care costs by state and care type, with an inflation-adjusted projection. Open cost calculator →
The data these tools work with
National median monthly cost across the 5 care settings, least to most expensive. The calculator localizes these to your state. Source: CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey.
Open the cost calculator to see these figures for your state, plus a multi-year projection.