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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2012 Nov 13;57(3):734–740. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.07.055

Table IV.

Average hospital charges and Medicare payments for beneficiaries who underwent thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) and open thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) repair between 2000 through 2007

LOS tertiles TEVAR
Open TAA repair
Hospital charges (mean) Medicare payments (mean) Ratio (payment/charges) Hospital charges (mean) Medical payments (mean) Ratio (payment/charges)
Early discharge $58,667 $23,207 0.40 $ 73,061 $29,508 0.40
Usual discharge $80,851 $26,395 0.33 $ 92,699 $32,520 0.35
Late discharge $128,478 $33,225 0.26 $136,480 $38,960 0.29

LOS, Length of stay.