The Cost of Inpatient Care

Kaiser State Health Facts has issued a report of 2017 adjusted expenses per inpatient day for all 50 states.[1] “These figures, which are based on information from the 2017 American Hospital Association Annual Survey, include all operating and nonoperating expenses for registered U.S. community hospitals, defined as public, nonfederal, short-term general and other hospitals. The figures are an estimate of the expenses incurred in a day of inpatient care and have been adjusted higher to reflect an estimate of the volume of outpatient services, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.”

For the entire U.S.:

  • State/local government hospitals — $2,129
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $2,574
  • For-profit hospitals — $1,996

For California:

  • State/local government hospitals — $3,217
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $3,800
  • For-profit hospitals — $2,255

For Florida:

  • State/local government hospitals — $2,079
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $2,358
  • For-profit hospitals — $1,681

For Illinois:

  • State/local government hospitals — $2,725
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $2,557
  • For-profit hospitals — $1,649

For Massachusetts:

  • State/local government hospitals — $1,870
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $3,221
  • For-profit hospitals — $1,881

For Michigan:

  • State/local government hospitals — $1,224
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $2,383
  • For-profit hospitals — $2,227

For New York:

  • State/local government hospitals — $2,775
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $2,719
  • For-profit hospitals — N/A

For Ohio:

  • State/local government hospitals — $2,884
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $2,736
  • For-profit hospitals — $2,391

For Pennsylvania:

  • State/local government hospitals — $787
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $2,448
  • For-profit hospitals — $1,937

For Texas:

  • State/local government hospitals — $2,926
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $2,675
  • For-profit hospitals — $2,078

For Washington:

  • State/local government hospitals — $3,312
  • Nonprofit hospitals — $3,540

For-profit hospitals — $2,451

[1] https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/average-hospital-expenses-per-inpatient-day-across-50-states-111119.html?oly_enc_id=4124I5608590A0Y.

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