Here are three findings from the report, which compiled data from the AHA’s annual hospital survey.
1. The AHA found hospitals’ uncompensated care costs were $35.7 billion in 2015, and grew to $38.3 billion in 2016.
2. While uncompensated care costs were roughly 7 percent higher in 2016, the figure was down 10.5 percent from 2014, when costs totaled $42.8 billion.
3. U.S. hospitals’ uncompensated care costs totaled $46.4 billion in 2013, the highest cost reported during the past 26 years.
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