Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

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, 2020 and 2019 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	2020		Ratio			2019		Ratio
Medicare	$	2,743		21.3	%	$	2,770		22.1	%
Managed Medicare		1,826		14.2			1,589		12.7
Medicaid		414		3.2			347		2.8
Managed Medicaid		666		5.2			613		4.9
Managed care and insurers		6,645		51.6			6,426		51.4
International (managed care and insurers)		292		2.3			297		2.4
Other		275		2.2			475		3.7
Revenues	$	12,861		100.0	%	$	12,517		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, 2020 and 2019 follows (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	11,342		$	10,606
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		11.9	%		11.8	%
Total uncompensated care	$	7,873		$	7,085
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		11.9	%		11.8	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	937		$	836