Hospital operating margin (median 4.9%, 2024), applied to hospital spending

Amount

$80.1B

per year

Per resident, per year

$235

÷ 341.1M people

Per household, per year

$606

÷ 132.2M households

How it is built

$1,634.7B × 4.9% (illustrative; margins vary widely and many hospitals lose money)

Part of: Hospital care spending