Table 4.
Mean (standard deviation) costs of otitis media (OM) episodes in patients who underwent tympanostomy tube placement (TTP), and in patients with post-otitis hearing loss (HL).
| Commercial/Medicare |
Medicaid |
|
|---|---|---|
| All OM | ||
| Any OM episode | $532 (1562) | $294 (695) |
| Any outpatient OM episode | $529 (1541) | $292 (648) |
| Any inpatient OM episode | $15,243 (12,553) | $7089 (13,053) |
| Any OM episode with TTP | $5349 (3726) | $2273 (1978) |
| Outpatient OM episode with TTP | $5329 (3654) | $2253 (1645) |
| Inpatient OM episode with TTP | $23,037 (12,963) | $16,756 (26,065) |
| Any OM episode without TTP | $269 (689) | $207 (392) |
| Outpatient OM episode without TTP | $267 (667) | $206 (379) |
| Inpatient OM episode without TTP | $11,346 (10,395) | $4673 (4534) |
| OM in patients with or without HL | ||
| Any OM episode with HL | $3062 (4099) | $1872 (2136) |
| OM with HL with TTP | $5846 (3822) | $2638 (1970) |
| OM with HL without TTP | $1107 (3013) | $1242 (2059) |
| Any OM episode without HL | $473 (1396) | $256 (568) |
| OM without HL with TTP | $5239 (3695) | $2149 (1966) |
| OM without HL without TTP | $256 (583) | $193 (288) |
| Outpatient OM without HL or TTP | $255 (558) | $192 (271) |
| In patient OM without HL or TTP | $11,309 (10,522) | $4629 (4562) |
Commercial, Commercial Claims and Encounters.