The U.S., followed by Switzerland, had the highest average cost per day to stay in a hospital as of 2015. At that time the hospital costs per day in the U.S. were on average 5,220 U.S. dollars. In comparison, the hospital costs per day in Spain stood at an average of 424 U.S. dollars. Even Switzerland, also a very expensive country, had significantly lower costs than the United States.
Number of U.S. hospitals
The number of U.S. hospitals has decreased in recent years with some increase in 2017. There are several types of hospitals in the U.S. with different ownerships. In general there are more hospitals with a non-profit ownership in the U.S. than there are hospitals with state/local government or for-profit ownership.
* 25th percentile: 1,494 U.S. dollars; 95th percentile: 17,358 U.S. dollars.
The values reported are estimates of 2014 prices based on 2014 claims.
The prices reported are the average allowed costs, which include both member cost sharing and health plan payment.
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