The data displays the costs per stay and aggregate expenses at U.S. community hospitals in 1997 and 2016. In 1997, a hospital stay in the U.S. stood at an average 6,262 USD. Nineteen years later, a hospital stay cost some additional 6,500 USD.
Total aggregate expense in billion US$ | 305.8 | 902.9 |
Mean expense per inpatient stay in US$ | 6262 | 12777 |