South Dakota’s Surprising Healthcare Ranking

Finding good health care at an affordable price is a goal that every American has, but it is not that easy, according to a new study from Wallet Hub.

Some estimates indicate that the average American spends somewhere in the neighborhood of $14,600 for healthcare every year.

Get our free mobile app

READ MORE: What makes this part of Iowa different from the rest?

To find out where people are getting the best healthcare at the best prices, Wallet Hub compared all 50 states and the District of Columbia in three major healthcare categories: cost, quality, and outcomes.

Within those categories, they looked at things like the cost of medical and dental visits, average monthly insurance premiums, out-of-pocket costs, quality of hospital systems, the number of physicians and hospital beds per capita, the number of insured adults and children, life expectancies, mortality rates, and much more.

When all the statistics were compared, South Dakota came in with a state ranking of 10th place. Not bad, but Minnesota and Iowa far outranked our state, coming in third and fourth, respectively.

Minnesota, in particular, has the 8th best hospital system in the country, and residents have the 5th highest life expectancy.

READ MORE: Beware of storm repair scammers.

The top ten states for best healthcare at the most affordable cost, with the best outcomes are:

1. New Hampshire
2. Rhode Island
3. Minnesota
4. Iowa
5. Massachusetts
6. Maine
7. Colorado
8. North Dakota
9. Wisconsin
10. South Dakota

You can see this complete study at Wallet Hub.