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
592.8
price index
June 2026
462.1 in 2016 → 592.8 today — 1.3× higher.
Change
1 year
▲ 2.0%
2 years
▲ 4.9%
5 years
▲ 13.3%
10 years
▲ 28.3%
Source: FRED (CPIMEDNS).