Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

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, 2024 and 2023 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	2024		Ratio			2023		Ratio
Medicare	$	2,838		16.4	%	$	2,738		17.6	%
Managed Medicare		3,026		17.4			2,559		16.4
Medicaid		1,000		5.8			735		4.7
Managed Medicaid		978		5.6			913		5.9
Managed care and insurers		8,545		49.2			7,623		48.9
International (managed care and insurers)		412		2.4			375		2.4
Other		540		3.2			648		4.1
Revenues	$	17,339		100.0	%	$	15,591		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, 2024 and 2023 follows (dollars in millions):

	2024			2023
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation    and amortization)	$	14,779		$	13,157
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		10.1	%		10.4	%
Total uncompensated care	$	10,002		$	7,991
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		10.1	%		10.4	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	1,010		$	831