National health expenditure (US)
Total US spending on health care goods and services, public health activities, administration and the net cost of health insurance, plus investment in medical research, structures and equipment, in USD billion.
National Health Expenditure Accounts definition: health consumption spending plus investment in research, structures and equipment, at current prices. It is broader than the OECD System of Health Accounts figure (health_expenditure_gdp, health_expenditure_per_capita_usd_ppp), which excludes investment; use those to compare countries. CMS revises earlier years with each annual release.
Key facts
- National health expenditure (US) in the United States was $5.28 trillion in 2024, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.
- Published for 1 places, with figures from 1960 to 2024.
Places with data
Countries
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest national health expenditure (US)? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"national_health_expenditure_usd","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=national_health_expenditure_usd&level=country