The International Federation of Health Plans compares the cost of health plans around the world every couple of years. It's latest survey is for 2017. We pay the most, in many cases double or more. For example, drug prices for most countries were less than half the US price for most of the administered and prescription drugs included in the study.
Some other comparisons:
For a typical angioplasty, a procedure that opens a blocked blood vessel to the heart, the average U.S. price is $32,200, compared with $6,400 in the Netherlands, or $7,400 in Switzerland. A typical M.R.I. scan costs $1,420 in the United States, but around $450 in Britain. An injection of Herceptin, an important breast cancer treatment, costs $211 in the United States, compared with $44 in South Africa.
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