Interactive Infographics
Interactive Injury Cost Infographics
Explore how medical care, lost income, and legal realities shape the true financial impact of a serious injury. Each visualization is interactive—adjust the scenarios to see how quickly costs compound.
Make the real costs visible
These visualizations translate complex injury economics into intuitive, shareable insights. Use them to understand how medical care, wage loss, and legal realities shape the true financial impact of a serious injury.
What a Catastrophic Injury Really Costs Over a Lifetime
Adjust the scenario to see how lifetime costs shift with age and injury type.
What a Catastrophic Injury Really Costs Over a Lifetime
Move the age slider and choose the injury type to see how costs stack up, year after year.
Estimated Lifetime Range
$1,322,347 – $5,761,653
Roughly $34,799 – $151,622 per year over ~38 years.
Why this scenario runs higher
Severe TBI direct medical costs often run under the top SCI range, but long-term disability can drive large indirect losses.
- Neuro rehab & cognitive therapy
- Supervision & behavioral health support
- Reduced lifetime productivity
Primary cost drivers
Tap a category to see why it grows over time.
Selected focus
Acute medical care accounts for 20% of total lifetime cost in this model.
Trauma response, surgery, ICU stays, and initial hospitalization spikes.
Sources
- NSCISC SCI Facts & Figures (2025)
Direct lifetime SCI costs by severity/age; 2024 USD, 2% discount; excludes lost earnings.
- Fu et al. Severe TBI cost synthesis (2016)
Severe TBI direct lifetime medical costs (~$0.6M–$1.8M).
- MacKenzie et al. Amputation lifetime costs (2007)
Discounted lifetime healthcare projection for amputation (2002 USD).
- Highsmith et al. prosthetics cost review (2016)
Modeled lifetime prosthetic cost ranges (~$0.5M–$1.8M).
- National Academies TBI burden overview
Context on indirect costs and variability in lifetime TBI impact.
Where Does a $1,000,000 Injury Settlement Actually Go?
See how a $1,000,000 settlement is distributed before an injured person receives their recovery.
Where Does a $1,000,000 Injury Settlement Actually Go?
A visual breakdown of how a settlement is distributed before the injured person receives their net recovery.
Total Settlement
$1,000,000
- Medical bills (past)$180,000 (18%)
- Future medical care$200,000 (20%)
- Attorney fees$330,000 (33%)
- Case costs & litigation expenses$50,000 (5%)
- Liens & insurance reimbursements$80,000 (8%)
- Lost wages$60,000 (6%)
- Future lost earning capacity$50,000 (5%)
- Net take-home to injured person$50,000 (5%)
The True Cost of a Car Accident (Before You Ever See a Lawyer)
Costs start immediately. Move through the timeline to see how budgets evolve over time.
The True Cost of a Car Accident (Before You Ever See a Lawyer)
Move through the timeline to see how costs pile up long before fault is determined.
Emergency response and immediate stabilization begin the cost curve.
- Ambulance & ER26%
- Imaging (MRI / CT)18%
- Prescriptions6%
- Transportation & home modifications10%
- Missed work10%
- Follow-up care12%
- Physical therapy10%
- Childcare / assistance costs8%
How Insurance Companies Spend $1 of Premium Money
Explore where each premium dollar goes and compare insurer messaging with reality.
How Insurance Companies Spend $1 of Premium Money
Use the toggle to compare messaging with the underlying numbers.
Premium Dollar
$1.00
- Executive compensation11%
- Marketing & advertising10%
- Shareholder profit12%
- Claims paid43%
- Claim defense & litigation8%
- Administrative overhead16%
The Real Cost of Delaying Medical Treatment After an Accident
Compare immediate care with the compounding cost of waiting 3–6 months.
The Real Cost of Delaying Medical Treatment After an Accident
Compare the compounding impact of delaying care versus treating immediately.
Immediate treatment
- Worsened injury severity12%
- More invasive procedures16%
- Longer recovery time24%
- Reduced settlement value28%
- Credibility damage20%
Delayed treatment (3-6 months)
- Worsened injury severity24%
- More invasive procedures22%
- Longer recovery time22%
- Reduced settlement value20%
- Credibility damage12%
Inside a Personal Injury Case Budget
Transparency builds trust. Explore the real costs advanced on a serious injury case.
Inside a Personal Injury Case Budget
See how case costs are advanced to build the strongest claim possible.
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We advance these costs so you don't have to — and only recover them if we win.
- Filing fees8%
- Medical record retrieval14%
- Expert witnesses22%
- Accident reconstruction16%
- Depositions14%
- Trial prep16%
- Appeals reserve10%
What a Workplace Injury Actually Costs a Family
Injury impacts entire households. Adjust the scenario to see how family realities shift the cost.
What a Workplace Injury Actually Costs a Family
Adjust household size and income type to see how family impacts scale the burden.
Adjusted Impact Index
1.00x
- Medical care22%
- Lost wages26%
- Lost promotions10%
- Spouse lost income12%
- Childcare16%
- Long-term instability14%
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