$420 per day
Average cost per inpatient day across 50 states. Written by Dani Gordon (Twitter | Google+) | August 04, 2014. Here are average costs per inpatient day in 2011, organized by hospital ownership type, in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, according to the latest statistics from Kaiser State Health Facts.  4 Average annual growth in inflation-adjusted mean hospital costs per day in Figure 3 was 2.0 percent for both time periods. The average annual change in length of stay for both time periods was 0.2 perce-nt, a slight decline.  1 The incremental costs incurred by patients on their last full day of hospital stay were $420 per day on average, or just 2.4 percent of the $17,734 average total cost. 2  End-of-stay costs represented only a slightly higher percentage of total costs when the length of stay was as short as four days. They found: 1  The incremental costs incurred by patients on their last full day of hospital stay were $420 per day on average, or just 2.4 percent of the $17,734 average total cost. Hospital and Surgery Costs. Total health care spending in America was approximately $2.7 trillion in 2011. A little over 31 percent of that amount, or $814 billion, was spent on hospital services. Hospital costs averaged $3,949 per day, and costs per stay averaged $15,734. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the total number of inpatient surgeries performed in 2009 was 48 million. In 2011, Medicare spent about $549 billion for benefit expenses; 24 percent of that amount — approximately $158 billion — was spent on inpatient hospital services. Approximately 36 million patients per year are admitted to U.S. hospitals, and Medicare pays 90 percent of the costs for almost 42 percent of them. The average cost of a one-day stay in the hospital is over $1,700.*. This valuable coverage provides fixed payments when you’re hospitalized to help cover out-of-pocket costs. Accidents and illnesses can happen-and sometimes result in an inpatient hospital stay.  Among the results: Cost per day for hospital charges averaged $3,949 in the U.S., followed by Chile at $1,552. The average hospital cost for a U.S. patient’s total stay was $15,734; Germany was next at $5,004. For appendectomies, the total facility and physician costs averaged $13,003 in the U.S., followed by Switzerland at $5,840. March 06, 2012 | By Patrick McMahon. The average hospital cost for a U.S. patient's total stay was $15,734;… (Jamie Rector / For The Times). A study comparing prices for hospital stays, physician office visits, drugs and other medical procedures in developed countries shows U.S. prices among the most expensive. Findings. Hospital costs by age, 2010. In 2010, the average cost per hospital stay was $9,700 and the aggregate cost for all hospital stays totaled $375.9 billion. Figures 1 and 2 show the distribution of aggregate hospital costs and stays by age and the average hospital cost per stay by age, respectively.  Average hospital costs per day in selected countries in 2013 (in U.S. dollars). This statistic depicts average costs of a hospital stay per day in selected countries in 2013. In that year, the cost of a hospital day averaged 702 U.S. dollars in Argentina. Medical costs within the United States are among the highest in the world. Exclusive Premium statistic. You need a Premium membership to access this statistic.
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