Share of Americans received a surprise medical bill in U.S. 2022, by ethnicity
This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. Americans who have received surprise out-of-network medical bill since January 2022, by ethnicity. As of June 2022, 29 percent of Hispanic American adults indicated that they or a family member have received a surprise out-of-network medical bill after receiving medical care. The No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect from January 1, 2022, it protects patients from surprise medical bills under certain circumstances, making it illegal for out-of-network providers to charge patients more than the in-network cost-sharing price.