Castlight Health analyzed more than 160 million commercial medical claims nationwide to reveal insights about healthcare utilization patterns from 2018 to 2021.
The San Francisco-based healthcare navigation company provides comparison tools that show price and quality measures for services from providers.
States ranked by average commercial medical spending per member in 2021:
- Alaska: $5,739
- Wyoming: $5,216
- Maine: $5,134
- Vermont: $5,029
- Connecticut: $4,915
- Georgia: $4,687
- South Dakota: $4,591
- New York: $4,587
- New Hampshire: $4,552
- West Virginia: $4,542
- Wisconsin: $4,502
- Illinois: $4,473
- Nebraska: $4,393
- South Carolina: $4,147
- Rhode Island: $4,120
- Indiana: $4,116
- California: $4,097
- Montana: $4,020
- North Carolina: $4,003
- Minnesota: $3,964
- Missouri: $3,860
- Oregon: $3,781
- Colorado: $3,705
- Ohio: $3,698
- Texas: $3,644
- Louisiana: $3,551
- Kansas: $3,483
- North Dakota: $3,469
- Massachusetts: $3,422
- Florida: $3,406
- Virginia: $3,339
- New Jersey: $3,271
- Michigan: $3,237
- Pennsylvania: $3,233
- New Mexico: $3,202
- Washington: $3,007
- Oklahoma: $2,993
- Idaho: $2,947
- Delaware: $2,946
- Alabama: $2,942
- Iowa: $2,893
- Arizona: $2,867
- Tennessee: $2,768
- Kentucky: $2,763
- Utah: $2,678
- Mississippi: $2,676
- Arkansas: $2,521
- Maryland: $2,443
- Nevada: $1,874
- Hawaii: $1,422