Best nursing homes in Indianapolis, IN
These are the 44 CMS-certified nursing homes in Indianapolis, Indiana, ranked best-first by the home’s CMS overall star rating. When two homes tie, we break the tie by the health-inspection rating — the domain assigned by independent state surveyors rather than self-reported by the facility. Nothing on this page is sponsored: no home pays to appear or to rank higher.
Check the certification chip before anything else. Most homes here are certified for both Medicare and Medicaid, but CMS certifies some for only one — and a 5-star home that doesn’t take your programme is not an option, however it ranks. Certification is not a quality measure and we don’t rank on it; we label it, because it decides whether the rest of the row matters to you.
How to read this: a high overall star can be lifted by self-reported quality-measure and payroll-staffing scores, so we surface the inspection rating and any serious citations, fines, abuse flags or ownership changes right on the row. A lower-ranked home with a clean inspection record can be the better fit than a higher-ranked one carrying red flags — open each profile.
- 1Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record2630 S Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN
- 2Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record4904 War Admiral Drive, Indianapolis, IN
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- 4Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record2345 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN
- 5Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record10307 E County Rd 100 N,, Indianapolis, IN
- 6Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record3525 E Hanna Ave, Indianapolis, IN
- 7Medicare only — no MedicaidNo major red flags on record9875 Cherryleaf Dr, Indianapolis, IN
- 8Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation1651 N Campbell St, Indianapolis, IN
- 9Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record7510 Rosegate Dr, Indianapolis, IN
- 10Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record1380 E County Line Rd S, Indianapolis, IN
- 11Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection1635 N Arlington Ave, Indianapolis, IN
- 12Medicare & Medicaid certified$25,298 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection2860 Churchman Ave, Indianapolis, IN
- 13Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection8405 Clearvista Place, Indianapolis, IN
- 14Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection525 E Thompson Rd, Indianapolis, IN
- 15Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation$12,428 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection7465 Madison Ave, Indianapolis, IN
- 16Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citationSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection8201 W Washington St, Indianapolis, IN
- 17Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection8549 S Madison Ave, Indianapolis, IN
- 18Medicare & Medicaid certified$14,901 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection1302 N Lesley Ave, Indianapolis, IN
- 19Medicare & Medicaid certifiedAbuse icon1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection2026 East 54th St, Indianapolis, IN
- 20Medicare & Medicaid certified$12,740 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection7145 E 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN
- 21Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection3114 East 46th Street, Indianapolis, IN
- 22Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection2010 N Capitol Ave, Indianapolis, IN
- 23Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection6440 W 34th St, Indianapolis, IN
- 24Medicare & Medicaid certified2 serious citationsSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection2140 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN
- 25Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation7301 E 16th St, Indianapolis, IN
- 26Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection3518 S Shelby St, Indianapolis, IN
- 27Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record2002 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN
- 28Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection4851 Tincher Rd, Indianapolis, IN
- 29Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection1924 Wellesley Blvd, Indianapolis, IN
- 30Medicare & Medicaid certifiedAbuse icon3895 S Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN
- 31Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection11050 Presbyterian Dr, Indianapolis, IN
- 32Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$56,381 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection5226 E 82nd Street, Indianapolis, IN
- 33Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation$12,735 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection5600 E 16th St, Indianapolis, IN
- 34Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection3017 Valley Farms Rd, Indianapolis, IN
- 35Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection5404 Georgetown Road, Indianapolis, IN
- 36Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection8181 Harcourt Rd, Indianapolis, IN
- 37Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection8400 Clearvista Pl, Indianapolis, IN
- 38Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection8616 W 10th St, Indianapolis, IN
- 39Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection1316 N Tibbs Ave, Indianapolis, IN
- 40Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation$22,386 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection2640 Cold Spring Rd, Indianapolis, IN
- 41Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSpecial Focus candidate (CMS is watching this home)2 serious citationsSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection7630 E 86th St, Indianapolis, IN
- 42Medicare & Medicaid certified2 serious citations$61,180 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection45 Beachway Dr, Indianapolis, IN
- 43Medicare & Medicaid certifiedAbuse icon1 immediate-jeopardy citation$41,064 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection7001 Hoover Rd, Indianapolis, IN
- 44Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSpecial Focus candidate (CMS is watching this home)Abuse icon2 immediate-jeopardy citations$119,592 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection6370 Robin Run W, Indianapolis, IN
Keep looking: read the Indiana state guides — nursing homes and assisted living — for how the state’s system works, find the closest homes to your ZIP or location, filter every facility by rating, cost and inspection record, or compare any of these side by side. Or see assisted living in Indianapolis, IN. Back to every Indiana city.
How we rank
We order this list strictly by each home’s CMS overall star rating — the government’s own rating, not a score of our own. When two homes carry the same overall rating we break the tie by the health-inspection rating — the domain scored by independent state surveyors rather than self-reported — and then alphabetically. Homes with no rating on file sink to the bottom.
We should be straight with you about a tension here. The CMS overall star is a blend of three domains, and elsewhere on this site we argue that blend can be misleading: the staffing and quality-measure components lean on data facilities report about themselves, and they can lift a home’s overall star above what inspectors actually found. We still sort by it, for one reason — it is the only ranking of nursing homes the government publishes, and the alternative is us deciding which domain ought to count, which is our opinion dressed up as an official rating. We won’t do that. (It is the same reason we refuse to rank assisted living at all.) So instead of quietly re-sorting to our taste, we un-blend the star on every row: the inspection rating sits next to the overall one, and serious citations, fines and abuse flags are on the row too. Where the two disagree, trust the inspection record and the citations — and treat our sort order as the government’s claim, not ours. See our methodology.
No home pays to appear here or to rank higher. There is no sponsored placement, no paid listing, and no referral fee. The page carries ordinary Google display advertising, sold against the page by Google: it cannot move a home up or down this list, and no advertiser sees who you are. The ratings, citations and fines are assigned by government inspectors (CMS), not by Eldercare Lens.
Common questions
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Ratings and citations are assigned by government inspectors (CMS), not by Eldercare Lens. The absence of a citation does not guarantee the absence of problems. Always verify with the facility and your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman.