# Hospital AI coding added $942 million to bills — QANATONE > A Blue Cross Blue Shield analysis says hospitals' AI coding tools raised bills by $942 million while the care delivered stayed the same. Kaynak: https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/hastane-yapay-zeka-kodlama-942-milyon/ --- [News](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/) # Hospital AI coding added $942 million to bills 25 Sep 2026 1 min read News · Science A Blue Cross Blue Shield analysis says hospitals' AI coding tools raised bills by $942 million while the care delivered stayed the same. ## The analysis A claims analysis by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association estimates that hospitals' use of AI-assisted clinical coding added $942 million to hospital costs in 2024 and 2025 compared with a 2023 baseline. Of that, $653 million came from secondary diagnoses. Insurers in the association's network cover more than 100 million Americans. ## The evidence The share of inpatient stays billed as medically complex rose from 37% at the start of 2023 to 40% by the end of 2025. Among patients having major intestinal surgery, diagnoses of partial obstruction rose 55% and of excess bodily acid 33%, yet treatment rates for those conditions did not rise. The association reads this as AI finding billable conditions rather than sicker patients. ## Hospitals push back Hospitals reject that reading and argue that patients admitted today are simply older and sicker. The dispute marks one of the first large, numbers-based fights over AI on the revenue side of healthcare. ## More articles [News · Models ### OpenAI agents posted 53 user images online 25 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/openai-ajanlari-53-gorsel/)[News · Policy ### SPK files criminal complaints over OZATD trading 25 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/spk-ozatd-islem-yasagi/)[News · Policy ### The US offered China a hotline for AI incidents 24 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/abd-cin-yapay-zeka-olay-bildirimi/)[News · Infrastructure ### Anthropic signs $11.6 billion, 7-year deal with Akamai 24 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/anthropic-akamai-11-6-milyar/)[News · Finance ### BIST 100 falls 2.74% and breaks below 13,000 24 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/borsa-istanbul-24-eylul-dususu/)[News · Ads ### ChatGPT Ads opens in seven more Asian markets 24 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/chatgpt-reklamlari-yedi-asya-pazari/)[News · Finance ### October rate hike bets pull crypto lower 24 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/fed-ekim-artis-beklentisi-kripto/)[News · Finance ### The Fed proposes stablecoin rules under the GENIUS Act 24 Sep 2026 · 1 min](https://www.qanatone.com/en/haber/fed-genius-stablecoin-kurallari/)