Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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

	Years Ended December 31,
	2022		Ratio			2021		Ratio			2020		Ratio
Medicare	$	10,447		17.3	%	$	10,447		17.8	%	$	10,420		20.2	%
Managed Medicare		9,201		15.3			8,424		14.3			6,997		13.6
Medicaid		2,636		4.4			2,290		3.9			1,965		3.8
Managed Medicaid		3,998		6.6			3,124		5.3			2,621		5.1
Managed care and other insurers		29,120		48.3			30,295		51.6			26,535		51.5
International (managed care and other insurers)		1,317		2.2			1,336		2.3			1,120		2.2
Other		3,514		5.9			2,836		4.8			1,875		3.6
Revenues	$	60,233		100.0	%	$	58,752		100.0	%	$	51,533		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):

	2022			2021			2020
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating    expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	51,180		$	49,074		$	44,271
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross    patient charges)		11.0	%		11.3	%		12.0	%
Total uncompensated care	$	31,734		$	29,642		$	29,029
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		11.0	%		11.3	%		12.0	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	3,491		$	3,350		$	3,483