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Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Feb;123(2 0 1):255–262. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000090

Table 3.

Unadjusted and Adjusted Costs for Different Hysterectomy Routes^a

	Unadjusted Costs		Multivariable-Adjusted Cost
	Mean Cost	95% CI	Predicted Mean Cost	95% CI, Bootstrapped
Robotic vs Abdominal

Robotic (n=234)	$14,386	$13,718 to $15,055	$14,679	$14,321 to $16,854^b
Abdominal (n=234)	$15,079	$13,698 to $16,461	$15,588	$13,489 to $15,870^b
Difference	−$693	−$838 to $2,224	−$909	−$2,832 to $1,016

Robotic vs Vaginal

Robotic (n=212)	$14,402	$13,645 to $15,159	$13,619	$12,628 to $14,610^b
Vaginal (n=212)	$10,318	$9,811 to $10,826	$11,366	$10,668 to $12,063^b
Difference	$4,084	$3,175 to $4,992^b	$2,253	$972 to $3,535^b

Costs incurred in the first 6 weeks after the index surgery.

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