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Cost · Hospital cost structure

Hospital labor (wages, benefits, contract staff)

Amount
$890.0B
per year
Per resident, per year
$2,609
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$6,732
÷ 132.2M households

How it is built

56% 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)