Health care prices in Connecticut are higher and rising more
quickly than the US average, according to the Healthy Marketplace Index. The
Index is a map-based
tool from the Health Care Cost Institute that compares local prices for
inpatient, outpatient and physician services across the US for 2012, 2013 and
2014. The researchers
found significant price variation between communities, especially in
outpatient care. Among the four CT communities included in the tool, none have
prices in any category below the US average. Bridgeport leads the state in both
inpatient and outpatient prices; physician costs are highest in New Haven.
Compared to neighboring states, CT health care prices are lower than New York
City (except physicians) but higher across all three categories than in
Providence.|
2014
health cost ratios
relative
to US average
|
Inpatient
|
Outpatient
|
Physician
services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bridgeport
– Stamford – Norwalk
|
1.27
|
1.09
|
1.16
|
|
New
Haven – Milford
|
1.17
|
1.03
|
1.24
|
|
Hartford
– West Hartford – East Hartford
|
1.15
|
1.02
|
1.18
|
|
Norwich
– New London
|
1.18
|
1.08
|
1.04
|
|
New
York – Newark – Jersey City
|
1.31
|
1.16
|
1.1
|
|
Providence
– Warwick
|
1.04
|
0.94
|
0.94
|
|
US
average
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
