Wholesale prices for physicians offices also rose 0.2 percent from July to August, and were up 2.4 percent versus a year ago.
Read the BLS PPI news release on hospital prices.
Wholesale hospital prices were up 0.2 percent in August, compared to the month prior, and up 3.1 percent compared to the year prior, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index.
Wholesale prices for physicians offices also rose 0.2 percent from July to August, and were up 2.4 percent versus a year ago.
Read the BLS PPI news release on hospital prices.