Amount paid out-of-pocket for surprise medical bills in the U.S. as of 2022

As of June 2022, 22 percent of adults in the U.S. who had received a surprise or unexpected medical bill in 2022 had to pay more than 1,000 U.S. dollars out-of-pocket (OOP), while over a third who received an unexpected medical bill had to pay between 100 and 499 U.S. dollars OOP. The No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect from January 1, 2022, it protects patients from surprise medical bills under certain circumstances, making it illegal for out-of-network providers to charge patients more than the in-network cost-sharing amount. This statistic shows the distribution of U.S. adults who have paid OOP for a surprise medical bill received since January 2022, by amount paid.