# National health expenditure (US) in United States

National health expenditure (US) in United States was $5.28 trillion in 2024. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

- Indicator id: `national_health_expenditure_usd`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: USD billion
- Definition: 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts, Table 1: national health expenditures, amount in billions, calendar years from 1960 (https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical)
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- 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, Table 1: national health expenditures, amount in billions, calendar years from 1960. https://www.cms.gov/data-research/statistics-trends-and-reports/national-health-expenditure-data/historical. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
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- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=national_health_expenditure_usd&place=us

| Period | USD billion |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 5,278.6 |
| 2023 | 4,925.3 |
| 2022 | 4,586.6 |
| 2021 | 4,376.9 |
| 2020 | 4,204.3 |
| 2019 | 3,805.1 |
| 2018 | 3,637.7 |
| 2017 | 3,464.2 |
| 2016 | 3,324.1 |
| 2015 | 3,177.2 |
| 2014 | 3,010.3 |
| 2013 | 2,859.1 |
| 2012 | 2,784.3 |
| 2011 | 2,676.4 |
| 2010 | 2,588.7 |
| 2009 | 2,491.5 |
| 2008 | 2,401 |
| 2007 | 2,304.2 |
| 2006 | 2,163.8 |
| 2005 | 2,026.3 |
| 2004 | 1,894.2 |
| 2003 | 1,770 |
| 2002 | 1,630.5 |
| 2001 | 1,482.5 |
| 2000 | 1,365.2 |
| 1999 | 1,272.5 |
| 1998 | 1,197.8 |
| 1997 | 1,132.4 |
| 1996 | 1,073.1 |
| 1995 | 1,020 |
| 1994 | 965.6 |
| 1993 | 914.9 |
| 1992 | 852.2 |
| 1991 | 785.9 |
| 1990 | 718.7 |
| 1989 | 642.1 |
| 1988 | 576.7 |
| 1987 | 514.5 |
| 1986 | 472.3 |
| 1985 | 439.9 |
| 1984 | 401.9 |
| 1983 | 364.8 |
| 1982 | 330.9 |
| 1981 | 293.6 |
| 1980 | 253.2 |
| 1979 | 219.7 |
| 1978 | 193.9 |
| 1977 | 172.6 |
| 1976 | 152 |
| 1975 | 132.7 |
| 1974 | 116.3 |
| 1973 | 102.7 |
| 1972 | 92.4 |
| 1971 | 82.4 |
| 1970 | 74.1 |
| 1969 | 65.4 |
| 1968 | 58 |
| 1967 | 51.2 |
| 1966 | 45.8 |
| 1965 | 41.6 |
| 1964 | 38.2 |
| 1963 | 34.6 |
| 1962 | 31.8 |
| 1961 | 29.1 |
| 1960 | 27.1 |