Most Expensive Cities for Health Care
Bundle.com determined which cities are home to the most expensive health care based on data from the Kaiser Family Health Foundation to break down health-care expenditures by capita, average in-patient cost per day, and the percent of residents who didn’t have health care. Check out if your city made the list (Reuters)
Plano, Texas Average cost per patient per day: $1,923 Health care spending per household: $1,920 Percentage of people who don't seek care because of cost: 18.8
Chicago, Ill. Average cost per patient per day: $1,948 Health care spending per household: $1,273 Percentage of people who don't seek care because of cost: 12.9 (Reuters)
St. Petersburg, Fla. Average cost per patient per day: $1,776 Health care spending per household: $1,748 Percentage of people who don't seek care because of cost: 17.3
Corpus Chrisiti, Texas Average cost per patient per day: $1,923 Health care spending per household: $1,395 % of people who don't seek care because of cost: 18.8 (Reuters)
Los Angeles, Calif Average cost per patient per day: $2,419 Health care spending per household: $1,191 Percentage of people who don't seek care because of cost: 17.1
Boston, Mass. Average cost per patient per day: $2,351 Health care spending per household: $1,001 Percentage of people who don't seek care because of cost: 6.7
Newark, N.J. Average cost per patient per day: $2,147 Health care spending per household: $1,101 Percentage of people who don't seek care because of cost: 13.1 (Reuters)
Washington, D.C. Average cost per patient per day: $2,514 Health care spending per household: $1,417 Percentage of people who don't seek care because of cost: 8.9
New York, N.Y. Average cost per patient per day: $1,820 Health care spending per household: $1,266 Percentage of people who don't seek care because of cost: 12.2 (Reuters)
Miami, Fla. Average cost per patient per day: $1,776 Health care spending per household: $664 Percentage of people who don't seek care because of cost: 17.3 (Reuters)