Expenditures for COVID-19 Care in 2020

Three line drawings showing medical bill, person on exam table, and person in hospital bed, along with cost for each category: average cost of care per person, $2,678; average cost per ambulatory visit, $242; average cost per inpatient stay, $22,146.

Expenditures for COVID-19 Care in 2020 (PDF, 2 MB)

Source: AHRQ Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #549, Healthcare Use and Expenditures for COVID-19, U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2020. https://meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st549/stat549.shtml

Page last reviewed August 2023

Page originally created August 2023

Internet Citation: Expenditures for COVID-19 Care in 2020. Content last reviewed August 2023. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
https://www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/covid-expenditures.html

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Expenditures for COVID-19 Care in 2020