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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2014 May 15;121(9):1720–1726. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.03.029

Table 4.

Weighted Costs by Initial Procedure in Treatment of VMA (US $) for Facility and Non-Facility Billing

Facility Billing Non-Facility Billing
Initial Procedure Total Professional Fees Total Hospital Fees Total Pharmaceutical Fees Total fees Total Professional Fees Total ASC Fees Total Pharmaceutical Fees Total fees
Scenario 1, PPV 2,859 5,073 0 7,931 3,027 2,775 0 5,802
Scenario 2a (ocriplasmin 26.5%) 2,505 4,522 3,950 10,977 3,042 2,039 3,950 9,031
Scenario 2b (ocriplasmin 41%) 2,342 4,332 3,950 10,624 2,879 1,938 3,950 8,767
Scenario 3, saline 2,925 5,073 100 8,098 3,231 2,497 100 5,828

VMA = vitreomacular adhesion, US = United States, ASC = ambulatory surgery center, PPV = pars plana vitrectomy, Ocriplasmin (27%) = 27% initial success rate with ocriplasmin, Ocriplasmin (41%) = 41% initial success rate with ocriplasmin