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Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Dec 11;206(3):211.e1–211.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.12.002

Table 4.

Estimated Annual Cost of Obstetric Complications Related to Uterine Fibroids

Obstetric Outcome	Estimated Annual Number of Cases Attributed to Fibroids			Estimated Cost per Case			Estimate of Total Cost
	Low		High
Spontaneous abortion	421	-	12,089	$2,335 ⁽³⁰⁾	-	$9,157 ⁽²⁹⁾	$983,035	-	$110,698,973
Preterm delivery	906	-	25,560	$57,458 ⁽³¹⁾	-	$57,458 ⁽³¹⁾	$52,056,948	-	$1,468,626,480
Cesarean delivery	13,455	-	304,440	$13,745 ⁽³²⁾	-	$20,298 ⁽³³⁾	$184,938,975	-	$6,179,523,120
Combined Cost for Obstetrical Outcomes							$237,978,958	-	$7,758,848,573

Note: All costs are reported in 2010 dollars