At first blush, it might seem like Charleston, W.Va., New York, N.Y., and Janesville, Wis., have little in common.
But those three metros were flagged in a new report as having some of the country’s highest per-person health care spending. And there are other surprises, too. Three metros in California — a state known for its high prices — are among the lowest spenders, and two in West Virginia are among the highest.
The Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit, independent research group, released the report today along with a new data tool called Health Cost Landscape, which allows users to search for specific U.S. metro areas and examine the factors behind health spending there.
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