# Medicare spending in United States

Medicare spending in United States was $1.12 trillion in 2024. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

- Indicator id: `health_expenditure_medicare_usd`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: US national health expenditure paid by Medicare, the federal program for people aged 65 and over and some younger people with disabilities, including its administration, in USD million. Medicare began in 1966.
- 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 national health expenditures paid by Medicare, 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 national health expenditures paid by Medicare, 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/medicare-spending/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=health_expenditure_medicare_usd&place=us

| Period | USD million |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,118,000 |
| 2023 | 1,037,275 |
| 2022 | 951,731 |
| 2021 | 894,587 |
| 2020 | 833,827 |
| 2019 | 805,227 |
| 2018 | 751,592 |
| 2017 | 704,948 |
| 2016 | 675,730 |
| 2015 | 647,728 |
| 2014 | 617,326 |
| 2013 | 588,855 |
| 2012 | 568,309 |
| 2011 | 544,564 |
| 2010 | 519,534 |
| 2009 | 498,627 |
| 2008 | 466,969 |
| 2007 | 432,749 |
| 2006 | 403,692 |
| 2005 | 339,762 |
| 2004 | 311,122 |
| 2003 | 282,668 |
| 2002 | 265,381 |
| 2001 | 247,686 |
| 2000 | 224,829 |
| 1999 | 213,173 |
| 1998 | 209,420 |
| 1997 | 210,376 |
| 1996 | 198,750 |
| 1995 | 184,393 |
| 1994 | 167,670 |
| 1993 | 149,965 |
| 1992 | 135,905 |
| 1991 | 120,469 |
| 1990 | 110,182 |
| 1989 | 101,137 |
| 1988 | 88,965 |
| 1987 | 83,081 |
| 1986 | 76,829 |
| 1985 | 71,829 |
| 1984 | 66,207 |
| 1983 | 59,559 |
| 1982 | 52,351 |
| 1981 | 44,769 |
| 1980 | 37,387 |
| 1979 | 30,922 |
| 1978 | 26,668 |
| 1977 | 22,891 |
| 1976 | 19,694 |
| 1975 | 16,336 |
| 1974 | 13,428 |
| 1973 | 10,730 |
| 1972 | 9,325 |
| 1971 | 8,443 |
| 1970 | 7,672 |
| 1969 | 7,045 |
| 1968 | 6,218 |
| 1967 | 4,924 |
| 1966 | 1,842 |