By NextBestFitHospital care
Inpatient and outpatient services billed by hospitals, including hospital-employed physician services billed by the hospital.
Amount
$1.63T
per year
Per resident, per year
$4,792
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$12,365
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
Out of pocket $40.6B + Private health insurance $558.9B + Medicare $439.8B + Medicaid $318.9B + Other insurance programs (CHIP, DoD, VA) $103.3B + Other third-party payers & programs $173.2B
Part of: National health expenditures ($5,278.6B, 2024)
Details
| Out of pocket | $40.6B |
| Private health insurance | $558.9B |
| Medicare | $439.8B |
| Medicaid | $318.9B |
| Other insurance programs (CHIP, DoD, VA) | $103.3B |
| Other third-party payers & programs | $173.2B |
Problems this cost relates to
Sources: CMS Office of the Actuary (2025)