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With the 2023 Open Enrollment season here, ValuePenguin.com by Lending Tree has compiled its health care data in an expansive online hub.
Here's a quick rundown of some of the highlights:
- The average hospital stay in the United States equates to 504 hours of work.
That's because hospital bills run to $2,873 per day in 2022; with Americans earning an average wage of $26.22 per hour, it takes 504 hours of work to afford a 4.6-day hospital stay out of pocket. Compare that to $1,450 per day, the average cost of a hospital stay in 2004. Back then, the average hourly wage was $17.86 — equating to only 374 hours of work to pay for a 4.6-day out-of-pocket hospital stay.
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