Table 2.

Estimated hospital charges and professional fees for standard ESS involving bilateral functional ESS frontal recess dissection and external septoplasty, and EML revision surgery.

	Standard ESS—bilateral functional ESS frontal recess dissection and external septoplasty				Revision surgery—EML
	Estimate		Price, 2022 ($NZ)		Estimate		Price, 2022 ($NZ)
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max
Hospital charges
Accommodation, private room (per night)	1	2	865.22	1,730.44	1	2	865.22	1,730.44
Operating theatre (minutes)	75	90	2,460.87	2,926.09	75	90	2,460.87	2,926.09
Recovery room (minutes)	60	75	292.17	365.22	40	60	194.78	292.17
Resident Medical officer per (night)	1	2	73.91	147.83	1	2	73.91	147.83
Medical supplies			3,500.00	4,000.00			6,000.00	6,500.00
Image guidance			NA	NA			1,000.00	1,200.00
Miscellaneous analyses (eg ECG)			300.00	400.00			300.00	400.00
Total hospital charges (excl GST)			7,492.18	9,569.57			10,894.79	13,196.53
Total hospital charges (incl 15% GST)			8,616.01	11,005.01			12,529.01	15,176.01
Professional fees
Surgeon's fee			10,200.00	10,200.00			8,000.00	8,000.00
Anaesthetist's fee			1,500.00	1,800.00			1,500.00	1,800.00
Total professional fees (excl GST)			11,700.00	12,000.00			9,500.00	9,800.00
Total professional fees (incl 15% GST)			13,455.00	13,800.00			10,925.00	11,270.00
Treatment
Chitogel			350.00	350.00			NA	NA
Total cost (incl 15% GST)			22,421.01	25,155.01			23,454.01	26,446.01