Department of Health and Human Services

What $7.03 trillion on 308,423 awards means

Dividing $7,025,971,430,185.67 by 308,423 awards produces a mean obligation near $22.8 million per award. That ratio is a derived average from the two packet totals, not a typical grant size. HHS mixes a small number of very large assistance and contract actions with many smaller awards, so the mean is pulled up by the top of the distribution. USAspending records the awarding agency as CGAC 075 for every row in this rollup.

Fiscal year 2026 is the latest year on the packet. The $7,025,971,430,185.67 sum is cumulative across the years present in the indexed award files, not a single-year budget. Readers comparing HHS to other cabinet departments should keep that window in view: a later extract can change both the dollar total and the 308,423 award count as new actions post.

That mix is the research takeaway from the two packet facts together. High-value health-assistance and research vehicles sit beside smaller grants, so the mean is not a typical clinic award. A later extract can change both the dollar total and the award count as CMS and research modifications continue to post inside the FY 2026 window.

CGAC 075 and how USAspending labels HHS

Common Government-wide Accounting Classification code 075 is the awarding-agency identifier USAspending uses for the Department of Health and Human Services. SpendingVault’s agency page at /agencies/075/ is keyed to that code, not to a popular name or a sub-agency acronym. Sub-components such as CMS or NIH may appear on individual award records, but this hub total does not split $7,025,971,430,185.67 by operating division.

Because the code is an awarding-agency tag, an award can name HHS even when another bureau administers day-to-day work. The 308,423 count is the number of award records in the index with that tag, not a count of unique recipient organizations.

Questions

How much has HHS obligated on USAspending through FY 2026?

The Department of Health and Human Services total on this extract is $7,025,971,430,185.67. That sum covers 308,423 awards tagged to awarding-agency CGAC 075. It is an obligation figure from USAspending.gov award files, not a Treasury outlay total and not a single fiscal year’s enacted budget.

What is CGAC 075 on federal spending records?

CGAC 075 is the Common Government-wide Accounting Classification code USAspending uses for the Department of Health and Human Services as awarding agency. SpendingVault keys the HHS hub to that code. The $7,025,971,430,185.67 obligation total and 308,423 award count on this page are rollups of records carrying that identifier through FY 2026.

Does the HHS total include money already paid to recipients?

Not as a cash-paid sum. USAspending reports obligations—commitments to pay—rather than outlays. The $7,025,971,430,185.67 figure can include amounts that will disburse later. The 308,423 award count is a record count, not a count of checks issued or unique vendors paid.

Where can I see HHS obligations by state?

The state table linked from the CGAC 075 agency page breaks the same USAspending obligation extract by place-of-performance geography. Those rows still sit under the $7,025,971,430,185.67 agency total and the FY 2026 year cap. State shares can change when later award files are indexed.