Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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

	Years Ended December 31,
	2024		Ratio			2023		Ratio			2022		Ratio
Medicare	$	10,780		15.3	%	$	10,585		16.3	%	$	10,447		17.3	%
Managed Medicare		11,987		17.0			10,496		16.2			9,201		15.3
Medicaid		4,678		6.6			3,606		5.6			2,636		4.4
Managed Medicaid		3,980		5.6			3,879		6.0			3,998		6.6
Managed care and other insurers		34,954		49.5			31,819		49.0			29,120		48.3
International (managed care and other insurers)		1,682		2.4			1,509		2.3			1,317		2.2
Other		2,542		3.6			3,074		4.6			3,514		5.9
Revenues	$	70,603		100.0	%	$	64,968		100.0	%	$	60,233		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):

	2024			2023			2022
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating    expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	60,056		$	55,341		$	51,180
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross    patient charges)		10.1	%		10.5	%		11.0	%
Total uncompensated care	$	43,231		$	35,426		$	31,734
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		10.1	%		10.5	%		11.0	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	4,366		$	3,720		$	3,491