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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Nurs. 2005 Jul;105(7):56–65. doi: 10.1097/00000446-200507000-00031

Table 2.

Initial hospital charges by infants’ birth weight (N = 84)

Infant Birth Weight (in grams)
Initial Hospital Charge Total No. of Infants ≤ 1,000 (n = 4) 1,001–1,250 (n = 1 1,251–1,500 (n = 2) 1,501–1,750 (n = 0) 1,751–2,000 (n = 4) 2,001–2,499 (n = 18) ≥ 2,500 (n = 55)
> $200,000 graphic file with name nihms431927ig4.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig3.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig1.jpg
$150,001–$200,000
$100,001–$150,000
$50,001–$100,000 graphic file with name nihms431927ig5.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig2.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig1.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig1.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig1.jpg
$25,001–$50,000 graphic file with name nihms431927ig5.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig1.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig3.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig1.jpg
$15,001–$25,000 graphic file with name nihms431927ig7.jpg Inline graphic* graphic file with name nihms431927ig1.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig4.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig3.jpg
$5,001–$15,000 graphic file with name nihms431927ig4.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig2.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig2.jpg
$2,001–55,000 graphic file with name nihms431927ig2.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig1.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig1.jpg
$2,000 or Less graphic file with name nihms431927ig5.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig1.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig6.jpg graphic file with name nihms431927ig6.jpg
Mean Charge (SD) $250,596 (SD = $37,819) $74,569 (SD = $1,458) $32,169 (SD = $32,693) $16,944 (SD = $23,344) $5,816 (SD = $9,319)
*

Infant died at 18 days; charges for the infant not included in calculating mean charge for infants in very-low-birth-weight categories.

Charges for these three birth-weight groups were not significantly different from one another.