Fact Based List:
10 Most Expensive Cities for Healthcare
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 10:24
- Sacramento, CA- The most expensive city for CT scans at $1,404 and MRIs at $2,635
- San Francisco, CA- With an average cost of $251, San Francisco is the most expensive place to find preventive primary care in the U.S.
- Dallas, TX- The fourth most expensive city for CT scans, fifth for MRIs, and eleventh for preventive primary care
- St. Louis, MO- The eighth costliest place for MRIs, tenth for CT scans and thirteenth in preventive care
- Kansas City, MO- The third most expensive city in the country for both CT scans and MRIs, it falls to eighteenth when it comes to preventive primary care at just $138
- Charlotte, NC- Seventh for MRIs at $1,813 and fifth for primary care at $199
- Denver, CO- Denver scores a pair of sixth place rankings for CT scans and MRIs, but falls to nineteenth in preventive care at $134
- Miami, FL- Ranks notably high for the cost of an MRI. It’s the fourth most expensive place for one at $1,968
- Boston, MA- The sixth most expensive city for preventive primary care, Boston is also number 10 when it comes to MRIs at $1,737
- Portland, OR- Portland is the third most expensive city for preventive primary care at $216, but drops to fourteenth for MRIs and seventeenth for CT scans
Source: Castlight Health
Source URL: http://www.castlighthealth.com/price-variation-map/
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