# Breakdown of healthcare costs **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 28, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakdown-of-healthcare-costs/761100 "2016-07-28T10:19:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakdown-of-healthcare-costs/761100/1 "2016-07-28T10:19:37Z")
Looking for a US perspective. I have seen some good breakdowns of the price of college, and I was looking for one on healthcare. What percentage of a hospital Bill goes to doctors and nurses, or building maintenance, or the administrators, or taxes, or anything else? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakdown-of-healthcare-costs/761100/2 "2016-07-28T11:59:20Z")
There are some pretty charts here: [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-breakdown-of-healthcare-in-the-US](https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-breakdown-of-healthcare-in-the-US) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakdown-of-healthcare-costs/761100/3 "2016-07-28T17:11:45Z")
You can google your thread title and there are plenty of pie charts and other data. In a nutshell, hospitals and doctors make up about 50% of the costs. When you add-in prescription drugs, the three combine to about 2/3 of costs. Other stuff like durable medical equipment, in-home care, insurance, etc. make up the rest.