Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Revenues from Third Party Payers, Uninsured and Other Payers

Our revenues by primary third-party payer classification and other (including uninsured patients) for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	2022		Ratio			2021		Ratio
Medicare	$	2,726		18.2	%	$	2,559		18.3	%
Managed Medicare		2,324		15.6			2,053		14.7
Medicaid		579		3.9			527		3.8
Managed Medicaid		1,110		7.4			725		5.2
Managed care and insurers		7,152		47.9			6,885		49.1
International (managed care and insurers)		356		2.4			333		2.4
Other		698		4.6			895		6.5
Revenues	$	14,945		100.0	%	$	13,977		100.0	%

Schedule of Estimated Cost of Uncompensated Care

A summary of the estimated cost of total uncompensated care for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 follows (dollars in millions):

	2022			2021
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expense and depreciation    and amortization)	$	12,744		$	11,643
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		11.3	%		11.4	%
Total uncompensated care	$	7,005		$	6,821
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		11.3	%		11.4	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	792		$	778