A report from the Health Care Cost Institute shows there is very little consistency among healthcare costs across the United States, as reported by NBC News.
The research team used the health cost website Guroo to research the data, which looked at prices paid by people with private health insurance.
Here are seven points:
1. Medical costs in Alaska are 2.6 times the national average, and medical costs in Florida are just 79 percent of the average.
2. The national average for a knee replacement is $33,098, but the operation costs nearly $39,000 in Indiana and Minnesota, $40,000 in New Hampshire and Wisconsin and $43,000 in Oregon. A knee replacement costs only $24,000 in New Jersey and spikes up to $57,000 in Sacramento, Calif., even though the state's average is just under $40,000.
3. An ultrasound for a pregnant woman costs an average of $268 nationally, $895 in Alaska and $201 in Arizona.
4. Single cataract removal costs $8,000 in Alaska, compared to $2,300 in Florida, with the national average cost at $3,300.
5. The research team found the average deductible for people with employer-provided health coverage increased from $303 in 2006 to $1,077 in 2015.
6. More than 60 percent of Americans are covered by private health insurance, usually through an employer, and about 32 percent have some type of government health insurance, such as Medicare or Medicaid.
7. Americans now spend $9,523 per person a year on medical expenses, the most among developed countries.