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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEMC01

Physicians' services

Prices for physicians' services rose 2.0% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.0% in the month.

12 months+2.0%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.0%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−0.3%seasonally adjusted
Index439.41982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%2%4%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

3804004204402017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026439.4−0.0%+2.0%
July 2026439.4+0.2%+2.4%
June 2026438.6−0.2%+2.4%
May 2026439.7−0.0%+2.9%
April 2026439.8+0.6%+2.6%
March 2026437.3+0.7%+2.4%
February 2026434.4+0.3%+2.1%
January 2026433.2+0.3%+2.1%
December 2025431.8+0.3%+1.9%
November 2025430.6—+1.7%
September 2025430.2−0.1%+2.4%
August 2025430.8+0.3%+3.5%
July 2025429.3+0.2%+3.1%
June 2025428.4+0.2%+3.0%
May 2025427.5−0.3%+2.9%
April 2025428.6+0.3%+3.1%
March 2025427.1+0.3%+2.9%
February 2025425.7+0.4%+2.6%
January 2025424.1+0.1%+2.1%
December 2024423.9+0.1%+2.6%
November 2024423.6+0.3%+2.8%
October 2024422.4+0.5%+3.1%
September 2024420.2+0.9%+1.5%
August 2024416.4+0.0%+0.6%
July 2024416.3+0.1%+0.7%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEMC01 and CUSR0000SEMC01). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.