By NextBestFitMedicare hospice spending (2023)
Amount
$25.7B
per year
Per resident, per year
$75
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$194
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
1.7M beneficiaries, about 6,500 providers; $28.3B in 2024
Part of: Medicare spending
Problems this cost relates to
Sources: MedPAC (2025)