Table 2.

Cost comparisons among interdisciplinary pain centers, surgical treatment, and conventional medical treatment for an annual cohort of 17,600 patients

	Costs (millions)
Treatment	Initial treatment	Subsequent Surgery	1-year posttreatment (medical*)	Lifetime disability	Total
Interdisciplinary pain centers	$142.6	$25.3	$197.1	$1835.3	$2,200.4
Surgical	$158.4	$88.7	N/A	N/A
Conventional	$457.6	$44.3	$457.6	$4,226.8	$5186.4

*Medical treatment excludes surgical procedures

N/A indicates data not available for estimates. Modified from Lawrence Erlbaum Associates with permission.