Becker’s compiled data from the American Dental Association and the American Medical Association on dental and medical care expenditures in 2020, the latest year data was available.
Note: Data for medical care spending may include dental care.
Dental spending
- National dental expenditures decreased by 1.8 percent, from $145 billion in 2019 to $142.4 billion in 2020.
- Dental spending per capita decreased from $442 in 2019 to $430 in 2020.
- Out-of pocket spending was $53.2 billion in 2020.
- Private insurance spending was $59.7 billion in 2020.
Medical spending
- The United States spent $4.124 trillion on overall healthcare in 2020.
- Healthcare spending reached $12,530 per capita in 2020.
- Hospital care accounted for $1.27 trillion of healthcare spending, while physician services accounted for $593.1 billion.
- The net cost of healthcare insurance was $301.4 billion. Private health insurance spent $1.15 trillion on healthcare in 2020.
- Americans paid $388.6 billion in out-of-pocket expenses.
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