Of the $377.5 billion aggregate hospital inpatient costs in 2012, 46 percent was for Medicare-covered stays and 16 percent was for Medicaid-covered stays. Thus, patients covered by government payers accounted for at least 62 percent of all hospital costs. ■ More than half of Medicare-covered and uninsured stays were medical (55 percent and 54 percent,Continue reading “Costs for hospital stay in the USA”