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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2018 Jul 26;61:111–133. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.06.012

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics.

Arthroscopy Cataract surgery Colonoscopy



Mean (sd) Mean (sd) Mean (sd)

Mean price
 ASC $7687 ($12,557) $2380 ($3319) $1854 ($3836)
 HOPD $7951 ($6618) $6625 ($2896) $2779 ($1694)
Median price
 ASC $3730 $1501 $763
 HOPD $5837 $6162 $2226
25th percentile price
 ASC $2284 $1142 $606
 HOPD $4449 $4754 $1707
75th percentile price
 ASC $16,762 $2311 $1425
 HOPD $9167 $7866 $3429
Percent of services above reference price
 ASC 31.6% (46.4%) 31.2% (46.3%) 25.2% (43.4%)
 HOPD 51.3% (50.0%) 98.4% (12.4%) 87.4% (33.2%)
Number of procedures
 ASC 46,746 20,067 224,613
 HOPD 21,901 5857 86,728
Patient Age
 ASC 47.4 (12.6) 58.0 (6.0) 52.9 (8.5)
 HOPD 47.5 (12.5) 57.4 (6.9) 52.7 (9.0)
Male patient
 ASC 57.4% (49.4%) 44.9% (49.7%) 46.1% (49.9%)
 HOPD 56.7% (49.5%) 45.9% (49.8%) 47.1% (49.9%)