Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Schedule of Revenues from Third Party Payers, Uninsured and Other Payers

Our revenues from third-party payers and others (including uninsured patients) for the quarters ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):


	2018		Ratio			2017		Ratio
Medicare	$	2,524		22.1	%	$	2,361		22.2	%
Managed Medicare		1,399		12.3			1,183		11.1
Medicaid		281		2.5			294		2.8
Managed Medicaid		561		4.9			589		5.5
Managed care and insurers		6,062		53.1			5,623		52.9
International (managed care and insurers)		305		2.7			269		2.5
Other		291		2.4			304		3.0

Revenues	$	11,423		100.0	%	$	10,623		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, 2018 and 2017 follows (dollars in millions):


	2018			2017
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	9,867		$	9,149
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		12.4	%		12.8	%

Total uncompensated care	$	6,252		$	5,327
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		12.4	%		12.8	%

Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	775		$	682