Table 1.

Cost of TURP and PVP procedures

Item	Estimate	Details	Source
Physician costs	$450.60	#S655 TURP
Anesthesiologist costs	$161.15	7 basic units, 4 time units. Anesthesiologist unit fee=$14.65	Schedule of Benefits for Physician Services, June 1, 2011.
Hospital costs	$3849.90	CCI code: 1QT87BA – TURP	OCCI, Acute inpatients 2009/2010 by Procedure
Device costs: Consumables	$100.00	Cost of resecting loop	Stafinski et al. 20082
Total cost per TURP case	$4561.65
Item	Estimate	Details	Source
Physician costs	$450.60	#S655 TURP
Anesthesiologist costs	$190.45	7 basic units, 6 time units. Anesthesiologist unit fee=$14.65	Schedule of Benefits for Physician Services, June 1, 2011.
Hospital costs	$1550.94	CCI code: 1QT59BAAG	OCCI, Day Surgery 2009/2010
Device costs: Capital*	$242.59
Device costs: Consumables	$850.00	Cost of one fibre	St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Total cost per PVP case	$3284.58

TURP: transurethral resection of the prostate; PVP: photoselective vaporization of the prostate; CCI: Canadian Classification of Health Interventions; OCCI: Ontario Case Costing Initiative.

^*Capital costs were calculating assuming $130 000 for the cost of the PVP machine, an annuity factor of 4.3295 (5 years of life expectancy at 5% interest rate), an annual operating costs of $100 (Stafinski et al. 2008²) and 165 PVP procedures per year per hospital.