US inflation, medical care (CPI-U 12-month change)
Percent change of the CPI-U for medical care, US city average, not seasonally adjusted, from the same month a year earlier. Medical care commodities (prescription and nonprescription drugs, medical equipment and supplies) and medical care services (professional services, hospital services and health insurance).
United States only. Calculated from the index (cpi_index_medical_care, series CUUR0000SAM) and rounded to one decimal as BLS rounds its published 12-month changes; each value shows both index values. For all items inflation use cpi_annual_change. Covers what consumers pay out of pocket and through health insurance premiums; spending paid by employers and government programs is out of scope.
Key facts
- US inflation, medical care (CPI-U 12-month change) in the United States was 1.5% in September 2026, according to BLS.
- Published for 1 places, with figures from July 1936 to September 2026.
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Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest US inflation, medical care (CPI-U 12-month change)? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"cpi_annual_change_medical_care","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=cpi_annual_change_medical_care&level=country