Figure 1. This example shows a single simulation of determining the breakeven point where all initial conditions are known (onboarding costs, full-time anesthesiologist cost, and locum tenens cost). The intersection of the two lines represents the point where hiring locum tenens becomes more costly than hiring an additional full-time anesthesiologist (the breakeven point). Assumptions include a full-time employee hourly rate of $225, a full-time employee onboarding fee of $50,000, and a locum employee hourly rate of $400.