According to a survey done in the U.S. in March 2022, 59 percent of respondents said that health bills related to lab fees or diagnostic tests such as X-rays or MRIs was the main source for their health care debt, while bills related to doctor visits was a source of medical debt for a further 56 percent.
Percentage of adults in the United States with medical debt who stated their medical debt came from select sources as of 2022
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Statistics on Medical debt in the U.S.
Health insurance in the U.S.
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- Premium Statistic Percentage adults with health insurance in the U.S. 2003-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of people in the U.S. without health insurance 1997-2021
- Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. population with health insurance 2020-2021, by coverage
- Basic Statistic Share of income spent on health plan costs by U.S. employees 2008-2020
- Premium Statistic Medical debt owed by U.S. adults in 2021, by insurance type
- Premium Statistic Medical bill or debt problem among U.S. adults in 2022, by insurance coverage
Medical debt
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- Premium Statistic People who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the U.S. in 2022
- Premium Statistic People who currently have or had in the past health care debt in the U.S. 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults concerned that a health event could lead to bankruptcy 2019-2020, by age
- Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. adults with medical debt as of 2021
- Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. adults with medical debt as of 2021, by generation
Sources of debt and amounts owed
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- Premium Statistic Sources of medical debt among U.S. adults as of 2022
- Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. adults with medical debt who owed select amounts as of 2021
- Premium Statistic Medical debt owed by U.S. adults in 2022, by insurance coverage
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who had successfully negotiated their medical debt as of 2021
- Premium Statistic Type of debts currently owed due to medical bills in the U.S. in 2022
- Premium Statistic Time expected to take to pay off medical debt in the U.S. in 2022, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Adults with affected credit score due to medical debts in the U.S. in 2022
Unexpected and unaffordable costs
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- Premium Statistic Type of health services that led to surprise bills in the U.S. in 2022
- Basic Statistic Share of US adults who received surprise medical bill since January 2022, by gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults who have received surprise medical bill since January 2022, by age
- Premium Statistic Share of Americans received a surprise medical bill in U.S. 2022, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Share of US adults who received out-of-network surprise medical bill 2022, by income
- Premium Statistic Types of hardships people with health care debt endured in the U.S. in 2022
- Basic Statistic Healthcare affordability index of Americans in the U.S. in 2021, by income
Miscellaneous
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- Basic Statistic Number of court actions taken by U.S. hospitals for unpaid bills 2018-2020
- Basic Statistic Amount sought by U.S. hospitals through court actions against patients 2018-2020
- Basic Statistic U.S. public support for a national Medicare-for-all plan 2017-2020
- Basic Statistic Payer and provider strategies for more affordable healthcare U.S. 2019
- Premium Statistic Amount paid out-of-pocket for surprise medical bills in the U.S. as of 2022
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- Share of U.S. adults with problems paying medical bills by event 2015
- Share of U.S. respondents with problems paying medical bills, by bill type 2015
- Job loss or pay cut among U.S. respondents with problems paying medical bills 2015
- Impact on U.S. families of problems paying medical bills 2015
- Share of U.S. respondents with problems paying medical bills during past year 2015
- Insurance status among U.S. adults with problems paying medical bills 2015
- Emergency calls received in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011/12-2015/16
- Public healthcare expenditure on prevention in Italy 2021, by service provided
- Financial coverage for the contraceptive pill in selected European countries in 2019
- Value of M&As in the U.S. healthcare and life sciences sector 2009-2021
- Percentage of US adults worried about surprise medical bill 2019, by income
- Number of states that improved health access and affordability in 2020
- Perceptions on the health care system in Argentina 2022
- NHS England health spending real annual change 2010/11-2020/21
- NHS England resource spending in real terms 2014/15-2024/25
- Share of people without health care in Mexico 2014-2020, by gender
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- Share of U.S. adults with problems paying medical bills by event 2015
- Share of U.S. respondents with problems paying medical bills, by bill type 2015
- Job loss or pay cut among U.S. respondents with problems paying medical bills 2015
- Impact on U.S. families of problems paying medical bills 2015
- Share of U.S. respondents with problems paying medical bills during past year 2015
- Insurance status among U.S. adults with problems paying medical bills 2015
- Emergency calls received in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011/12-2015/16
- Public healthcare expenditure on prevention in Italy 2021, by service provided
- Financial coverage for the contraceptive pill in selected European countries in 2019
- Value of M&As in the U.S. healthcare and life sciences sector 2009-2021
- Percentage of US adults worried about surprise medical bill 2019, by income
- Number of states that improved health access and affordability in 2020
- Perceptions on the health care system in Argentina 2022
- NHS England health spending real annual change 2010/11-2020/21
- NHS England resource spending in real terms 2014/15-2024/25
- Share of people without health care in Mexico 2014-2020, by gender
- Rate of tick bite visits to the ED in the U.S. in 2019, by month
Kaiser Family Foundation. (June 16, 2022). Percentage of adults in the United States with medical debt who stated their medical debt came from select sources as of 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249019/adults-medical-debt-sources-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of adults in the United States with medical debt who stated their medical debt came from select sources as of 2022." Chart. June 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249019/adults-medical-debt-sources-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2022). Percentage of adults in the United States with medical debt who stated their medical debt came from select sources as of 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249019/adults-medical-debt-sources-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of Adults in The United States with Medical Debt Who Stated Their Medical Debt Came from Select Sources as of 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249019/adults-medical-debt-sources-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of adults in the United States with medical debt who stated their medical debt came from select sources as of 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249019/adults-medical-debt-sources-us/ (last visited January 30, 2023)
Percentage of adults in the United States with medical debt who stated their medical debt came from select sources as of 2022 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, June 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249019/adults-medical-debt-sources-us/