# Health spending paid by private health insurance (US) in United States

Health spending paid by private health insurance (US) in United States was $1.64 trillion in 2024. Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.

- Indicator id: `health_expenditure_private_insurance_usd`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: US national health expenditure paid through private health insurance (employer, individual and marketplace plans), including the net cost of that insurance, 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 national health expenditures paid by private health insurance, millions, 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, type of service and source of funds: total national health expenditures paid by private health insurance, 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/private-health-insurance-spending-us/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=health_expenditure_private_insurance_usd&place=us

| Period | USD million |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,644,592 |
| 2023 | 1,511,174 |
| 2022 | 1,358,610 |
| 2021 | 1,263,112 |
| 2020 | 1,184,273 |
| 2019 | 1,179,333 |
| 2018 | 1,142,822 |
| 2017 | 1,081,394 |
| 2016 | 1,037,028 |
| 2015 | 981,936 |
| 2014 | 926,763 |
| 2013 | 880,207 |
| 2012 | 878,105 |
| 2011 | 849,185 |
| 2010 | 817,682 |
| 2009 | 792,399 |
| 2008 | 767,744 |
| 2007 | 747,114 |
| 2006 | 704,389 |
| 2005 | 670,080 |
| 2004 | 625,246 |
| 2003 | 588,671 |
| 2002 | 537,035 |
| 2001 | 477,802 |
| 2000 | 436,114 |
| 1999 | 397,315 |
| 1998 | 367,736 |
| 1997 | 346,123 |
| 1996 | 330,510 |
| 1995 | 313,502 |
| 1994 | 297,811 |
| 1993 | 285,435 |
| 1992 | 266,111 |
| 1991 | 246,943 |
| 1990 | 225,890 |
| 1989 | 197,849 |
| 1988 | 170,070 |
| 1987 | 144,516 |
| 1986 | 131,578 |
| 1985 | 126,596 |
| 1984 | 114,600 |
| 1983 | 101,543 |
| 1982 | 91,127 |
| 1981 | 79,233 |
| 1980 | 67,095 |
| 1979 | 58,907 |
| 1978 | 50,691 |
| 1977 | 44,168 |
| 1976 | 36,309 |
| 1975 | 29,723 |
| 1974 | 25,338 |
| 1973 | 22,263 |
| 1972 | 20,027 |
| 1971 | 17,318 |
| 1970 | 15,078 |
| 1969 | 12,988 |
| 1968 | 11,462 |
| 1967 | 10,132 |
| 1966 | 9,980 |
| 1965 | 9,772 |
| 1964 | 8,791 |
| 1963 | 7,720 |
| 1962 | 6,963 |
| 1961 | 6,275 |
| 1960 | 5,639 |