By NextBestFitHospitals' cost of collecting payment from insurers
Amount
$43.0B
per year
Per resident, per year
$126
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$325
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
AHA 2026 estimate
Part of: Spread across national spending (overlapping estimates; do not add)
Problems this cost relates to
Sources: American Hospital Association (2025)