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Skilled Nursing (LPN), Home Health or Hospice

California rates for HCPCS G0300

Direct skilled nursing services of a licensed practical nurse (LPN) in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Skilled Nursing (LPN), Home Health or Hospice cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.60$8.91 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$75.86 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $22 to $26,915Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $69
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $76professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$22.39
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$199.53
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$154.88
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26,915.35
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$26,915.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$81.28
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18

Where California sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Montana than in Minnesota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

California· 41st of 50

$16.98

MT $79.43MN $7.76

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.