# Hospital care spending (US) in United States

Hospital care spending (US) in United States was $1.63 trillion in 2024. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

- Indicator id: `hospital_care_expenditure_usd`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: US spending on all services provided by hospitals to patients, including room and board, ancillary charges, services of resident physicians and inpatient drugs, from all sources of funds, in USD million.
- Note: Part of national health expenditure (national_health_expenditure_usd), at current prices. CMS revises earlier years with each annual release.
- Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, type of service and source of funds: total hospital expenditures, millions, calendar years from 1960 (https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: Public domain (US government work, 17 USC 105)
- Citation: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group. CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, type of service and source of funds: total hospital expenditures, millions, calendar years from 1960. https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/hospital-care-spending-us/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=hospital_care_expenditure_usd&place=us

| Period | USD million |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,634,738 |
| 2023 | 1,501,149 |
| 2022 | 1,357,453 |
| 2021 | 1,319,072 |
| 2020 | 1,259,476 |
| 2019 | 1,189,276 |
| 2018 | 1,120,614 |
| 2017 | 1,077,580 |
| 2016 | 1,035,398 |
| 2015 | 988,971 |
| 2014 | 940,526 |
| 2013 | 906,804 |
| 2012 | 877,968 |
| 2011 | 833,246 |
| 2010 | 808,795 |
| 2009 | 771,040 |
| 2008 | 721,630 |
| 2007 | 691,887 |
| 2006 | 651,209 |
| 2005 | 608,600 |
| 2004 | 565,327 |
| 2003 | 525,892 |
| 2002 | 486,482 |
| 2001 | 449,360 |
| 2000 | 415,532 |
| 1999 | 393,630 |
| 1998 | 374,911 |
| 1997 | 363,403 |
| 1996 | 350,813 |
| 1995 | 339,313 |
| 1994 | 328,376 |
| 1993 | 315,735 |
| 1992 | 298,475 |
| 1991 | 275,756 |
| 1990 | 250,430 |
| 1989 | 225,977 |
| 1988 | 206,452 |
| 1987 | 189,651 |
| 1986 | 175,766 |
| 1985 | 164,575 |
| 1984 | 154,366 |
| 1983 | 144,745 |
| 1982 | 133,647 |
| 1981 | 117,480 |
| 1980 | 100,517 |
| 1979 | 86,162 |
| 1978 | 75,621 |
| 1977 | 67,023 |
| 1976 | 59,402 |
| 1975 | 51,234 |
| 1974 | 44,139 |
| 1973 | 37,920 |
| 1972 | 33,846 |
| 1971 | 30,224 |
| 1970 | 27,168 |
| 1969 | 23,367 |
| 1968 | 20,537 |
| 1967 | 17,798 |
| 1966 | 15,298 |
| 1965 | 13,545 |
| 1964 | 12,501 |
| 1963 | 11,507 |
| 1962 | 10,432 |
| 1961 | 9,777 |
| 1960 | 8,985 |