States ranked by Medicare recipient insulin spending

Medicare Part D enrollees without low-income subsidies paid an average of $520 in out-of-pocket insulin costs in 2019, according to a May 17 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. 

North Dakota Medicare Part D enrollees paid the most in 2019, averaging $822 in out-of-pocket spending, while Hawaii paid the least, averaging $309.   

Below are all 50 states ranked by average annual out-of-pocket insulin spending by Medicare Part D enrollees in 2019: 

1. North Dakota: $822

t-2.Iowa: $748

t-2. Minnesota: $748

4. South Dakota: $741

5. Wisconsin: $712

6. Nebraska: $701

7. Utah: $697

8. Kansas: $689

t-9.Idaho: $662

t-9.Wyoming: $662

11. Montana: $636

12. Rhode Island: $634

13. Oregon: $624

14. Maine: $616

15. Indiana: $610

16. Washington: $607

17. Missouri: $589

18. Arkansas: $580

19. New Hampshire: $577

20. Ohio: $575

21. Vermont: $571

22. Mississippi: $566

23. Oklahoma: $564

24. Connecticut: $553

25. Tennessee: $552

26. Illinois: $551

27. Virginia: $547

28. South Carolina: $546

29. Arizona: $538 

t-30. Massachusetts: $536

t-30. Colorado: $536

32. Georgia: $533

33. Pennsylvania: $529

34. North Carolina: $526

35. Alabama: $525

t-36. Kentucky: $509

t-36. Louisiana: $509

38. Texas: $507

39. New Mexico: $482

40. West Virginia: $481

41. Delaware: $478

42. Michigan: $469

43. Nevada: $462

44. New York: $456

45. Maryland: $454

46. New Jersey: $452

47. Florida: $449

48. Alaska: $326

49. California: $323

50. Hawaii: $309




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