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Medical Care (CPI)

Consumer-price index for medical care.

Medical Care (CPI)
592
Index 1982-84=100 · latest, Jun 2026
vs prior month▼ 0.1%
vs year ago▲ 2.0%
1948-49 Recession · Nov 1948 – Oct 19491953-54 Recession · Jul 1953 – May 19541957-58 Recession · Aug 1957 – Apr 19581960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 19611969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 19701973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 19751980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 19801981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 19821990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 19912001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 202010020030040050019501960197019801990200020102020592
Medical Care (CPI) — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
YearMedical Care (CPI)
194714
194815
194915
195015
195116
195217
195318
195418
195519
195619
195720
195821
195922
196023
196123
196224
196324
196425
196526
196627
196729
196831
196933
197035
197137
197238
197340
197445
197549
197654
197759
197864
197971
198078
198188
198297
1983103
1984110
1985117
1986126
1987134
1988143
1989155
1990170
1991183
1992195
1993206
1994216
1995224
1996231
1997238
1998246
1999255
2000266
2001278
2002292
2003303
2004316
2005329
2006341
2007359
2008369
2009381
2010394
2011407
2012420
2013429
2014441
2015453
2016471
2017479
2018489
2019511
2020520
2021531
2022552
2023554
2024570
2025588
2026592

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Source: FRED · CPIMEDSL · series · Jan 1947 to Jun 2026 · latest-revised

Refreshed Jul 31, 2026 from FRED.

Consumer-price index for medical care.

Consumer price index for medical care, all urban consumers (1982-84 = 100).

Source: FRED · Jun 2026 · Full lesson → Learn

About the bands. Shaded spans are NBER-dated US recessions, drawn as factual overlays. They mark when the economy contracted, not why. Lining an event up with a move is not evidence it caused the move.