CareScout's 2025 Cost of Care Survey reports a $38 statewide median hourly rate for a non-medical caregiver in Arizona. That is a useful planning benchmark for Scottsdale and the Phoenix area, but it is not a Heritage Home Care price. Ask Heritage directly for its current written pricing.
This guide covers non-medical home care, including help with personal routines, meals, companionship, transportation, and light household tasks. Heritage does not provide nursing, therapy, diagnosis, wound care, or other clinical home health services.
The Arizona benchmark and what it means
The CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025 data tables list Arizona's median non-medical caregiver rate as $38 per hour. CareScout collected the survey data from July through November 2025 and published the tables in March 2026. The same source calculates Arizona's monthly median as $7,245 when care is used 44 hours each week.
A median is the middle of the surveyed market. It is not a posted rate for every agency, and it does not tell you an agency's visit minimums or scheduling policies. It gives a family a defensible place to begin planning before asking Heritage or another agency for a written quote.
| Hours each week | Monthly planning estimate | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 hours | $1,647 | A benchmark-based budget for 10 weekly hours |
| 20 hours | $3,293 | A benchmark-based budget for 20 weekly hours |
| 40 hours | $6,587 | A benchmark-based budget for 40 weekly hours |
| 44 hours | $7,245 | The usage level behind CareScout's published Arizona monthly median |
Each estimate uses $38 × weekly hours × 52 ÷ 12, rounded to the nearest dollar. The table includes only the public benchmark and weekly hours. It does not predict any provider's price or terms. Ask each provider for current written pricing.
Five details to write down for your own plan
This checklist describes what your family is looking for. It does not claim that any provider uses these items to set a price.
How many hours are needed each week?
List each day separately. Ten hours spread across five mornings may be a different scheduling question from one ten-hour visit.
When should each visit start and end?
Include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Ask whether timing changes the rate or minimum visit length.
Which non-medical tasks need support?
Use ordinary language: dressing, bathing, meals, errands, companionship, transportation, light housekeeping, or reminders. The agency can confirm what is within its scope.
Where will care take place?
Give the exact Scottsdale or Phoenix-area address and note any regular transportation. A general city name is not enough for a precise schedule.
When should care begin?
Share the desired start date and ask what must happen before the first visit. Availability and preparation can matter as much as the budget.
A better way to compare written quotes
Use the same family checklist for each conversation, then ask each provider to explain its own current written pricing and terms. These are useful questions to keep beside your notes.
| Detail to confirm | Heritage | Another written quote |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly or visit rate | ||
| Minimum visit length | ||
| Weekend and holiday terms | ||
| Transportation or mileage terms | ||
| Deposit and payment timing | ||
| Cancellation and schedule-change rules | ||
| Backup coverage process |
Ask whether the caregiver is the agency's employee, who handles an absence, and who the family calls when the schedule changes. Heritage's guide to choosing a home care agency in Scottsdale has a fuller set of questions for comparing screening, supervision, privacy, and the service agreement.
Keep non-medical home care and home health separate
Arizona's current home health services definition describes care furnished under a physician's plan and includes part-time or intermittent nursing and certain therapy services. A separate Arizona home care disclosure law defines home care services around activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living. A cost discussion can go wrong when a family compares prices for different kinds of help.
That disclosure law requires a covered home care business to describe its services, the cost of each service, its service agreements, and how an agreement may be ended. The law also lists exceptions, so this guide does not interpret whether it applies to a particular arrangement. Ask the agency to put the terms for your schedule in writing.
Tell the agency what an ordinary day looks like and which routines need support. If the request is for nursing, therapy, diagnosis, or another clinical service, Heritage is not the provider for that work. Ask the appropriate licensed professional or clinical provider instead.
Prepare for the Heritage conversation
Use the checklist to keep your family's questions organized. Ask Heritage directly for its current written pricing, what that written price includes, and any terms that would apply. You can also ask whether the non-medical help your family is considering fits Heritage's current services.
You can review Heritage's non-medical home care services and its 24-hour care service before the conversation. Do not use the statewide benchmark as a substitute for the written quote.
What to know before you request a quote.
The benchmark helps with planning. Only a provider's current written pricing can answer provider-specific cost questions.
01Does Heritage Home Care charge $38 per hour?
The $38 figure in this guide is CareScout's 2025 statewide median for a non-medical caregiver in Arizona. It is not a Heritage Home Care rate or quote. Ask Heritage directly for its current written pricing.
02How can I estimate a monthly home care budget?
For a rough planning estimate, multiply an hourly benchmark by the expected hours per week, then multiply by 52 and divide by 12. This arithmetic does not include an agency's visit minimums, weekend or holiday policies, transportation terms, or other contract details.
03What information should I have before asking for a quote?
Start with your own weekly plan: days, times, hours, location, desired start date, and the non-medical help your family is considering. Keep it as a family checklist, then ask each provider what information it wants and request all current pricing and terms in writing.
04How should I compare the benchmark with a provider's price?
Treat them as separate figures. The benchmark supports rough arithmetic, while a provider's current written pricing states its own price and terms. Use the same assumed weekly hours when comparing the math, and ask what each written price includes.
05Is non-medical home care the same as home health?
No. Non-medical home care helps with ordinary routines and personal support at home. Home health is skilled clinical care. Heritage Home Care provides non-medical home care, not nursing, therapy, diagnosis, or other clinical services.
Ask about current home care pricing.
Request Heritage's current written pricing. The Arizona benchmark on this page is not a Heritage rate.
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Sources
The Arizona benchmark and monthly figures come from the CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025 median cost data tables, published in March 2026. The service-scope and disclosure language comes from Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-151 and Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-144. All three sources were checked on August 30, 2026.