Hospital costs distribution by payer U.S. 2016

This statistic describes the distribution of community hospital costs in the United States in 1980, 2000, and 2016, sorted by payer. In 2000, private payers accounted for almost 39 percent of the aggregate community hospital costs. This share decreased to around 33 percent in 2016.

Distribution of hospital costs in the U.S. in 1980, 2000, and 2016, by payer

Characteristic	Medicare	Medicaid	Other government	Private payer*	Uncompensated care**	Non-patient***
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May 2018

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United States

Survey time period

1980, 2000, and 2014

Supplementary notes

Data for community hospitals. Percentages were rounded, so they possibly do not add to 100 percent in all years.
* Private payer formulas were updated in 2014 to account for the change in bad debt calculations, which is now reported as a deduction from revenue rather than a expense.
** Uncompensated care represents bad debt expense and charity care, at cost.
*** Non-patient represents costs for cafeterias, parking lots, gift shops and other non-patient care operating services and are not attributed to any one payer.

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