Ohio Medicaid home care rates
Ohio Medicaid pays $8.26 per Fifteen minutes for personal care / attendant care (hourly) delivered by a agency provider, effective July 1, 2024. Below: 3 more home care rates compared with every state we track, the wages of the staff who deliver them, and recent rate changes.
- Personal care / attendant care (hourly)
- $8.26per Fifteen minutes
- Rank among states
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- Home health / personal care aide median wage
- $16.57BLS May 2025
- Ohio minimum wage
- $11.00$11.40 from January 1, 2027
Ohio home care rates vs other states
Fee-for-service, like-for-like by provider level. Click a rate to open Ohio's official fee schedule.
| Service | Provider level | Code | OH rate | Unit | Per hour | Rank | Median across states | Lowest | Highest | States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal care / attendant care (hourly) | Agency provider | FMX | $8.26 | Fifteen minutes | — | — | $26.84/hr | $18.28 | $39.00 | 14 |
| Homemaker / housekeeping help | Agency provider | Not published | $31.26/hr | $17.40 | $39.00 | 6 | ||||
| Companion care | Aide or attendant | Not published | $5.01/15 min | $2.17 | $6.88 | 4 | ||||
| Respite care (hourly) | Agency provider | ARR | $7.37 | Fifteen minutes | — | — | $26.96/hr | $14.95 | $74.04 | 16 |
| Respite care (daily) | Agency provider | SLR | $197.89 | Daily, based on a twenty-four-hour period during which service is provided. | — | — | $247.69/day | $10.59 | $938.09 | 16 |
| Adult day services | Clinical nurse specialist | $40.48 | ½ day | — | — | $72.19/day | $2.63 | $80.00 | 5 | |
| Financial management services (self-direction) | Self-directed worker | Not published | $110.91/month | $36.75 | $265.00 | 8 | ||||
Personal care / attendant care (hourly): where Ohio ranks
States whose published unit can't be converted are left out of the ranking.
| # | State | Rate | Unit | Per hour | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri | $9.75 | 15 min | $39.00 | 2024-07-01 |
| 2 | Kentucky | $9.00 | 15 min | $36.00 | 2025-01-01 |
| 3 | New York | $35.36 | hour | $35.36 | 2025-01-01 |
| 4 | Indiana | $8.59 | 15 min | $34.36 | 2026-01-01 |
| 5 | Nebraska | $28.00 | hour | $28.00 | 2026-07-01 |
| 6 | Florida | $6.85 | 15 min | $27.40 | 2026-07-01 |
| 7 | Michigan | $27.00 | hour | $27.00 | 2024-11-01 |
| 8 | New Jersey | $26.68 | hour | $26.68 | 2024-07-01 |
| 9 | Tennessee | $6.59 | 15 min | $26.36 | 2025-07-01 |
| 10 | South Carolina | $6.25 | 15 min | $25.00 | 2025-11-01 |
| 11 | Minnesota | $5.25 | 15 min | $21.00 | 2026-04-01 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | $4.87 | 15 min | $19.48 | 2018-07-01 |
| 13 | Louisiana | $4.77 | 15 min | $19.08 | 2026-10-01 |
| 14 | Texas | $4.57 | 15 min | $18.28 | 2025-09-01 |
What it costs to deliver in Ohio
Median hourly wages from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey (May 2025).
| Role | OH median | US median | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home health / personal care aide | $16.57 | $17.21 | -3.7% |
| Registered nurse | $39.67 | $46.90 | -15.4% |
Recent Ohio home care rate changes
The workspace adds every modifier, region and provider variant, full rate history, proposed changes, coverage and prior-authorization rules, managed-care plans and a unit-economics calculator. All of it is available through the API.
Rates are taken from Ohio's official Medicaid publications, and each one links to its source. Confirm with the payer before billing. Managed-care plans may pay differently from fee-for-service.