Vermont Medicaid home health rates
Vermont Medicaid pays $68.00 per day for home health speech therapy delivered by a speech-language pathologist, effective January 1, 2013.
- Home health speech therapy
- $68.00per day
- Rank among states
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- Speech-language pathologist median wage
- $39.47BLS May 2025
- Vermont minimum wage
- $14.42
Vermont home health rates vs other states
Fee-for-service, like-for-like by provider level. Click a rate to open Vermont's official fee schedule.
| Service | Provider level | Code | VT rate | Unit | Per hour | Rank | Median across states | Lowest | Highest | States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home health nurse visit (RN or LPN) | Registered nurse | Not published | $23.09/15 min | $15.21 | $98.92 | 12 | ||||
| Home health aide visit | Aide or attendant | Not published | $61.89/visit | $18.04 | $80.62 | 13 | ||||
| Home health physical therapy | Physical therapist | Not published | $111.00/hr | $19.08 | $343.72 | 17 | ||||
| Home health occupational therapy | Occupational therapist | Not published | $112.26/hr | $19.08 | $278.92 | 16 | ||||
| Home health speech therapy | Speech-language pathologist | S9128 | $68.00 | day | — | — | $29.98/15 min | $4.77 | $137.61 | 14 |
Home health speech therapy: where Vermont ranks
States whose published unit can't be converted are left out of the ranking.
| # | State | Rate | Unit | Per hour | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri | $137.61 | 15 min | $550.44 | 2024-07-01 |
| 2 | Michigan | $85.93 | 15 min | $343.72 | 2023-10-01 |
| 3 | New Mexico | $49.66 | 15 min | $198.64 | 2026-07-01 |
| 4 | Rhode Island | $44.27 | 15 min | $177.08 | 2026-10-01 |
| 5 | Delaware | $43.42 | 15 min | $173.68 | 2026-01-01 |
| 6 | Arizona | $34.72 | 15 min | $138.88 | 2026-10-01 |
| 7 | Maine | $32.73 | 15 min | $130.92 | 2025-07-01 |
| 8 | Louisiana | $27.22 | 15 min | $108.88 | 2023-04-03 |
| 9 | Connecticut | $24.63 | 15 min | $98.52 | 2021-07-01 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | $21.72 | 15 min | $86.88 | 2018-07-01 |
| 11 | Nevada | $18.81 | 15 min | $75.24 | 2024-01-01 |
| 12 | Indiana | $18.78 | 15 min | $75.12 | 2023-07-01 |
| 13 | New Hampshire | $18.40 | 15 min | $73.60 | 2023-07-01 |
| 14 | Ohio | $4.77 | 15 min | $19.08 | 2024-01-01 |
What it costs to deliver in Vermont
Median hourly wages from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey (May 2025).
| Role | VT median | US median | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered nurse | $46.86 | $46.90 | -0.1% |
| Licensed practical nurse | $33.62 | $30.96 | +8.6% |
| Home health / personal care aide | $20.00 | $17.21 | +16.2% |
| Physical therapist | $47.10 | $49.40 | -4.7% |
| Occupational therapist | $44.87 | $48.24 | -7.0% |
| Speech-language pathologist | $39.47 | $47.05 | -16.1% |
Recent Vermont home health 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 Vermont'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.