By NextBestFitPrivate businesses: Employer Medicare payroll tax (1.45%)
Amount
$159.2B
per year
Per resident, per year
$467
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$1,204
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
CMS NHE Tables 5-1 to 5-4
Part of: National health expenditures by sponsor
Sources: CMS Office of the Actuary (2025)