A One-Day Hospital Stay Outpaces Inflation By Over 13 to 1...

From 1985 to 2010, the average cost of one day in the hospital (semiprivate room, Midwestern city) rose +1,366%, an increase of +11.3% per year for 25 years.

Inflation in the country over the same 25 years is up +101% or an average of +2.8% per year.

Source: Department of Labor