Here are the top 10 inpatient hospital principal diagnoses with the highest aggregate costs, along with their total inflation-adjusted hospital costs in 2006 and percentage of total costs, according to HCUP.
- Coronary atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease) — $17.5 billion (5 percent)
- Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) — $11.8 billion (4 percent)
- Congestive heart failure — $11.2 billion (3 percent)
- Liveborn (newborn infant) — $10.8 billion (3 percent)
- Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) — $10.3 billion (3 percent)
- Septicemia (blood infection) — $10.2 billion (3 percent)
- Pneumonia — $9.9 billion (3 percent)
- Complication of medical device, implant or graft — $9.4 billion (3 percent)
- Adult respiratory failure, insufficiency, or arrest — $8.1 billion (2 percent)
- Disorders of intervertebral discs and bones in spinal column — $7.6 billion (2 percent)
Source: Levit K (Thomson Reuters), Stranges E (Thomson Reuters), Ryan K (Thomson Reuters), Elixhauser A (AHRQ). HCUP Facts and Figures, 2006: Statistics on Hospital-based Care in the United States. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2008. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports.jsp
