Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

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, 2025 and 2024 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	2025		Ratio			2024		Ratio
Medicare	$	2,895		15.8	%	$	2,838		16.4	%
Managed Medicare		3,299		18.0			3,026		17.4
Medicaid		1,190		6.5			1,000		5.8
Managed Medicaid		879		4.8			978		5.6
Managed care and insurers		9,041		49.4			8,545		49.2
International (managed care and insurers)		445		2.4			412		2.4
Other		572		3.1			540		3.2
Revenues	$	18,321		100.0	%	$	17,339		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, 2025 and 2024 follows (dollars in millions):

	2025			2024
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation    and amortization)	$	15,466		$	14,779
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as a percentage of gross patient charges)		9.6	%		10.1	%
Total uncompensated care	$	10,993		$	10,002
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		9.6	%		10.1	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	1,055		$	1,010