The 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey puts New York's semi-private nursing home room at $15,528/month ($511/day) and a private room at $16,729/month ($550/day) -- state medians, not Staten Island or New York City-specific figures.
The detail behind the number
Semi-private nursing home pricing is often lower than private-pay quotes families receive directly, partly because the CareScout semi-private figure tends to be weighted by a mix of Medicaid and private-pay residents rather than reflecting only what a self-paying family would be quoted on day one.
For a Staten Island family evaluating a specific nursing home, ask for a written, current private-pay rate for both semi-private and private rooms rather than relying on the state median, and ask separately what the facility's Medicaid daily rate is if Medicaid coverage might eventually apply -- the two figures are usually different and both matter for planning.
