{"id":190484,"date":"2026-04-09T04:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/190484\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T04:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:35:08","slug":"the-u-s-metros-that-spend-the-most-on-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/190484\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. metros that spend the most on health care"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70.<\/p>\n

At first blush, it might seem like Charleston, W.Va., New York, N.Y., and Janesville, Wis., have little in common.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But those three metros were flagged in a new report<\/a> as having some of the country\u2019s highest per-person health care spending. And there are other surprises, too. Three metros in California \u2014 a state known for its high prices \u2014 are among the lowest spenders, and two in West Virginia are among the highest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit, independent research group, released the report today along with a new data tool<\/a> called Health Cost Landscape, which allows users to search for specific U.S. metro areas and examine the factors behind health spending there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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