Germany statutory health insurance hospital treatment costs
Germany statutory health insurance hospital treatment costs stood at 108,389.19 EUR million in 2025, according to Deutsche Bundesbank. It is one of the indicators in the Public finances (annual) table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 2000 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Public finances (annual) table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheme, expenditure, total | 352,889.96 | 328,743.52 | 309,596.45 | 310,594.3 | 294,601.71 | 275,268.34 | 252,439.92 | 239,706.44 | 230,772.87 | 222,935.54 | |
| Scheme, expenditure, hospital treatment | 108,389.19 | 99,451.48 | 91,380.22 | 85,061.22 | 82,747.96 | 78,531.23 | 77,550.59 | 74,505.74 | 72,303.21 | 70,449.52 | |
| Scheme, expenditure, administrative expenditure | 13,496.02 | 12,686.63 | 12,680.99 | 12,418.13 | 11,727.31 | 11,864.33 | 11,136.19 | 11,564.34 | 10,912.42 | 11,032.44 |
Understanding germany statutory health insurance hospital treatment costs
The massive financial transfers directed toward the inpatient clinical sector are centralized within this single metric. It tallies all reimbursements issued by the statutory funds to acute care facilities, psychiatric wards, and specialized clinics for overnight stays, surgeries, and intensive care. Occupying the largest share of systemic costs, this series differentiates itself by strictly isolating institutional inpatient care from the community-based ambulatory consultations and physical rehabilitation services recorded in separate accounting tracks.
Tracking the financial evolution of the hospital sector dictates a year-on-year methodology, which inherently smooths out the severe seasonal fluctuations in admissions caused by winter respiratory illnesses. Revisions to the annual baseline are frequent but small, stemming from protracted audits of complex diagnostic-related group (DRG) billing codes. A critical analytical hazard is misinterpreting expenditure variations as changes in public health; abrupt statistical shifts are often artifacts of policy interventions that mandate the transition of certain minor surgical procedures from inpatient facilities to alternative outpatient settings, merely shifting the costs to a different ledger.
Frequently asked questions
- Are investments in hospital buildings funded through this category?
- No, major capital investments are constitutionally the responsibility of state governments, while these funds cover operational treatment costs.
- Does this include outpatient surgeries performed at the hospital?
- Ambulatory procedures done in a hospital are generally billed differently and may be classified outside this core inpatient metric.
- Are hospice and palliative care stays captured here?
- Specialized inpatient palliative care provided within hospital facilities is typically integrated into this overarching expenditure total.