Top 20 Most Expensive Conditions Billed by Hospitals to the Uninsured

Here are the top 20 most expensive conditions billed by hospitals to the uninsured in 2006, with the total national hospital bill of each procedure (in millions), and, in parentheses, the number of hospital stays in thousands, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.

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  1. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack) — $2,083 (40)
  2. Mother’s pregnancy and delivery — $2,046 (224)
  3. Coronary artery disease — $1,603 (44)
  4. Newborn infants — $1,302 (259)
  5. Acute cerebrovascular disease (stroke) — $1,178 (27)
  6. Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections — $1,130 (75)
  7. Intracranial injury — $1,089 (23)
  8. Crushing injury or internal injury — $1,047 (22)
  9. Fracture of lower limb — $995 (29)
  10. Nonspecific chest pain — $992 (79)
  11. Diabetes mellitus with complications — $972 (52)
  12. Pneumonia — $972 (49)
  13. Gall bladder disease  — $953 (40)
  14. Sepsis — $938 (17)
  15. Congestive heart failure (CHF) — $909 (35)
  16. Pancreatic disorders (not diabetes) — $840 (38)
  17. Appendicitis — $811 (37)
  18. Affective disorders (depression and bipolar disorders) — $733 (63)
  19. Respiratory failure, insufficiency, arrest (adult) — $728 (13)
  20. Alcohol-related mental disorders — $626 (53)

Source: AHRQ, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2006.

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