In August, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and its Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project released a statistical brief on the total cost of hospital stays. Medicare and Medicaid picked up most of the $387 billion inpatient tab — 63 percent, or $242.9 billion. The five most expensive conditions cost more than 18 percent of all hospitalizations, while the top 20 most expensive represented 47.1 percent of hospitalization costs.
However, some inpatient conditions cost more based on the payer. For example, septicemia was the costliest Medicare hospital condition, but childbirth was the most expensive condition for stays covered by Medicaid and private insurance.
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