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POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS
We sponsor a number of pension and retiree health and life insurance benefit plans that we present in three categories: U.S. Plans, International Plans, and Other Postretirement Plans (“OPEB Plans”). Please refer to Note 10, “Postretirement Benefit Plans” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 for further information. Pension plans with pension assets or obligations less than $50 million are not included in the results below.

Components of Expense (Income)
U.S. Plans
International Plans
OPEB Plans
For the three months ended September 30,
202520242025202420252024
Service cost – Operating$1 $8 $5 $5 $1 $2 
Interest cost249 242 39 35 13 14 
Expected return on plan assets(287)(299)(39)(49)— — 
Amortization of net loss (gain)(20)(17)5 3 (15)(15)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)(3)2 (1)— (20)(22)
Special termination cost— — — — — — 
Non-operating$(60)$(72)$4 $(11)$(21)$(23)
Net periodic expense (income)$(59)$(64)$10 $(6)$(20)$(21)
U.S. Plans
International Plans
OPEB Plans
For the nine months ended September 30,
202520242025202420252024
Service cost – Operating$3 $24 $15 $15 $4 $6 
Interest cost746 726 113 105 39 41 
Expected return on plan assets(860)(896)(113)(145)— — 
Amortization of net loss (gain)(60)(51)16 9 (44)(45)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)(8)6 (2)— (60)(66)
Special termination cost3 — — — 1 — 
Non-operating$(179)$(215)$14 $(31)$(64)$(70)
Net periodic expense (income)$(176)$(191)$29 $(16)$(60)$(64)

In the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the Company made cash payments totaling $132 million to its U.S. Plans, $33 million to its International Plans, and $95 million to its OPEB Plans. As of September 30, 2025, the Company expects to make total cash contributions of approximately $350 million to these plans in 2025. The Company funds annually, at a minimum, the statutorily required minimum amount for our qualified plans. Non-qualified plans are unfunded and we pay benefits from our cash on hand.

Defined Contribution Plan
GE HealthCare sponsors a defined contribution plan for its eligible U.S. employees. Expenses associated with our employees’ participation in GE HealthCare’s defined contribution plan were $34 million and $27 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $118 million and $100 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.