Table 2. Average lifetime costs and benefits of simple and radical hysterectomy.

Strategy	Lifetime payer cost (societal cost)	Incremental payer cost (societal cost)	Effectiveness (QALY)	Incremental benefit (QALY)	ICER	INMB
Simple hysterectomy	$11,022 ($19,998)		3.56		N/A*	$3,583
Radical hysterectomy	$12,533 ($21,581)	$1,511 ($1,583)	3.54	−0.02

ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; INMB, incremental net monetary benefit (positive value means cost-effective); N/A, not applicable; QALY, quality-adjusted life year.

^*This strategy is less costly and more effective than the alternate strategy, therefore this strategy is “dominant”.