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Figure 17. Expected Primary Payer, by Type

Figure 17. Expected Primary Payer, by Type (Text Description)
Percent of Hospital Stays, by Presence of MHSA diagnosis
No MHSA diagnosis
- Uninsured or self-pay: 4.9%
- Medicaid: 13.1%
- Medicare: 42.5%
- Private: 36.5%
- Other: 3.1%
At least one MHSA diagnosis
- Uninsured or self-pay: 7.6%
- Medicaid: 17.5%
- Medicare: 48.9%
- Private: 22.6%
- Other: 3.4%
Percent of Hospital Stays, by Subtype of MHSA stays
Principal MHSA only
- Uninsured or self-pay: 8.9%
- Medicaid: 26.6%
- Medicare: 37.1%
- Private: 22.5%
- Other: 5.0%
Principal and secondary MHSA
- Uninsured or self-pay: 12.9%
- Medicaid: 29.4%
- Medicare: 30.1%
- Private: 22.4%
- Other: 5.2%
Secondary MHSA only
- Uninsured or self-pay: 6.3%
- Medicaid: 13.9%
- Medicare: 54.3%
- Private: 22.7%
- Other: 2.8%
Note: The sum of bar percentages may not total 100 percent, due to rounding.
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