Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

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 years ended December 31, are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2021		Ratio			2020		Ratio			2019		Ratio
Medicare	$	10,447		17.8	%	$	10,420		20.2	%	$	10,798		21.0	%
Managed Medicare		8,424		14.3			6,997		13.6			6,452		12.6
Medicaid		2,290		3.9			1,965		3.8			1,572		3.1
Managed Medicaid		3,124		5.3			2,621		5.1			2,450		4.8
Managed care and other insurers		30,295		51.6			26,535		51.5			26,544		51.6
International (managed care and other insurers)		1,336		2.3			1,120		2.2			1,162		2.3
Other		2,836		4.8			1,875		3.6			2,358		4.6
Revenues	$	58,752		100.0	%	$	51,533		100.0	%	$	51,336		100.0	%

Schedule of Estimated Cost of Uncompensated Care

A summary of the estimated cost of total uncompensated care for the years ended December 31, follows (dollars in millions):

	2021			2020			2019
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	49,074		$	44,271		$	44,118
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		11.3	%		12.0	%		12.0	%
Total uncompensated care	$	29,642		$	29,029		$	31,105
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		11.3	%		12.0	%		12.0	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	3,350		$	3,483		$	3,733