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. 2013 Oct 14;14:293. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-293

Table 2.

Unit costs (Euros) according to treatment type

Variable CCH FSC
Pre-operative
 
66.02
Anesthesia consultation
 
59.02
First OTS visit
56.03
56.03
Costs associated with surgery/treatment
748.51
904.05
2 Surgeons
 
229.34
1 Anesthetist
 
134.15
Non-staff personnel, field and circulating
 
180.62
Support personnel (assistants)
 
8.38
Specific surgical materials
 
327.47
Pharmacy
 
24,09
Mini-operating room (surgeon + nurse)*
22.21
 
Injection and dressing materials
1.30
 
Collagenase clostridium histolyticum (Xiapex®)
725
 
Hospitalization
 
267.48
Major ambulatory surgery (MAS)
 
121.32
Minor ambulatory surgery
77.28
 
Subsequent OTS visits (average, mean cost)
1.23; 51.68
1.98; 83.20
Hospital care (average, mean cost)
0.74; 19.02
2.00; 51.42
Rehabilitation (frequency, number of sessions, mean cost)   29%; 18.4; 473.83

OTS: Orthopedics and Traumatology Surgery, MAS: Major Ambulatory Surgery.

*Subjective cost of one working day of 6 hours for two consecutive days by one surgeon, resulting in €16.21 per patient. The same scale is applied to a single nurse present in the mini-operating room with a cost of €6.00 per patient without any assistants.