Medical Care
A price index tracks how prices move relative to a baseline period (set to 100) — it's a level, not a dollar amount. A value of 300 means prices are 3× the baseline.
Most recent
593.8
price index
July 2026
464.2 in 2016 → 593.8 today — 1.3× higher.
Change
1 year
▲ 1.7%
2 years
▲ 5.3%
5 years
▲ 13.3%
10 years
▲ 27.9%
Source: FRED (CPIMEDNS).