Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2026

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, 2026 and 2025 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):


	2026		Ratio			2025		Ratio
Medicare	$	3,058		16.0	%	$	2,895		15.8	%
Managed Medicare		3,508		18.4			3,299		18.0
Medicaid		1,444		7.6			1,190		6.5
Managed Medicaid		939		4.9			879		4.8
Managed care and insurers		9,084		47.5			9,041		49.4
International (managed care and insurers)		499		2.6			445		2.4
Other		577		3.0			572		3.1
Revenues	$	19,109		100.0	%	$	18,321		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, 2026 and 2025 follows (dollars in millions):


	2026			2025
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	16,246		$	15,466
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as a percentage of gross patient charges)		9.2	%		9.6	%
Total uncompensated care	$	13,612		$	10,993
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		9.2	%		9.6	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	1,252		$	1,055

HCA Healthcare, Inc. 10-Q