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Amount
$144.0B
per year
Per resident, per year
$422
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$1,089
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
9% of total hospital expenses (AHA estimate from Strata benchmarks, 2024)
Part of: Hospital care spending ($1,634.7B)
Problems this cost relates to
Sources: American Hospital Association (2025)