The 20 most expensive health conditions in the US

Liveborn is how childbirth and postnatal hospital care is clinically classified. Average cost per stay: $3,529 Percent of all US hospital stays: 10.6%Mood disorders are a category of mental illnesses that include bipolar disorder, depression, and seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Average cost per stay: $6,275 Percent of all US hospital stays: 2.3%COPD and bronchiectasis are separate conditions, but both lung diseases make breathing more difficult. Average cost per stay: $8,034 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.8%Conditions that occur from poor treatment of Diabetes are wide-ranging, from vascular diseases, blindness, and chronic kidney disease. Average cost per stay: $9,684 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.5%Pneumonia is another lung condition — an infectious inflammation of the air sacs. Average cost per stay: $9,887 Percent of all US hospital stays: 2.7%Cardiac dysrhythmia is the medical term for an irregular heartbeat. Average cost per stay: $10,110 Percent of all US hospital stays: 2.0%Congestive heat failure is the inability to pump an adequate amount of blood through the body and can be caused by many diseases. Average cost per stay: $11,585 Percent of all US hospital stays: 2.5%Biliary diseases are a group of conditions that affect the biliary system — including gallstones and pancreatitis. Average cost per stay: $11,659 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.1%Any side effect of surgery or a basic medical procedure is included here. Average cost per stay: $13,073 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.3%Rehabilitation includes services that help you keep, get back, or improve skills and functioning for daily living that have been lost or impaired because you were sick, hurt, or disabled. Average cost per stay: $13,777 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.1%Cerebrovascular disease impacts the blood flow in the brain and often results in strokes. Average cost per stay: $15,111 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.6%Breaks in the neck of the femur are common among athletes and elderly individuals with osteoporosis. Average cost per stay: $16,043 Percent of all US hospital stays: 0.9%Osteoarthritis — or degenerative joint disease — is the wearing down of tissue between joints. Average cost per stay: $16,149 Percent of all US hospital stays: 2.9%Septicemia — or sepsis — is blood poisoning caused by a bacterial infection. Average cost per stay: $18,244 Percent of all US hospital stays: 3.6%Respiratory failure and insufficiency happens when the lungs cannot produce enough oxygen or expel enough carbon dioxide. Respiratory arrest is the cessation of breathing. Average cost per stay: $18,287 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.1%Spondylosis refers to any degeneration of the spine. Invertebral disc disorders is the breakdown of the discs inbetween the bones of the spine. Average cost per stay: $18,375 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.6% Coronary atherosclerosis is a heart disease caused by plaque buildup in arteries, preventing proper blood flow. Average cost per stay: $19,657 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.3%Devices, implants, and grafts are placed in the body during surgery to correct a clinical condition. Average cost per stay: $19,669 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.8%Acute myocardial infarction is the medical name for a heart attack. Average cost per stay: $20,086 Percent of all US hospital stays: 1.7%Heart valve disorders is a catch-all term for any illness stemming from the improper use of any of the four heart valves that controls blood flow. Average cost per stay: $41,878 Percent of all US hospital stays: 0.3%

The 20 most expensive health conditions in the US

20. Liveborn

19. Mood disorders

18. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis

17. Diabetes mellitus with complications

16. Pneumonia

15. Cardiac dysrhythmias

14. Congestive heart failure

13. Biliary tract disease

12. Complications of surgical procedures or medical care

11. Rehabilitation care, fitting of prostheses, and adjustment of devices

10. Acute cerebrovascular disease

9. Fracture of neck of femur (hip)

8. Osteoarthritis

7. Septicemia

6. Respiratory failure, insufficiency, arrest (adult)

5. Spondylosis, intervertebral disc disorders, other back problems

4. Coronary atherosclerosis

3. Complication of device, implant or graft

2. Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)

1. Heart valve disorders