Table 21-1.

2008 National Healthcare Cost and Utilization: Project Statistics: Mean Hospital Charges and In-Hospital Death: Rates for Various Procedures

Procedure	Mean Hospital Charges, $	In-Hospital Death Rate, %
Total vascular and cardiac surgery and procedures	62 509	3.04
CABG	117 094	1.89
PCI	56 015	0.87
Diagnostic cardiac catheterization	34 198	0.86
Pacemaker	57 633	1.29
Implantable defibrillator	124 901	0.61
Endarterectomy	30 588	0.30
Valves	164 238	4.89

CABG indicates coronary artery bypass graft; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.

Data derived from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.¹⁰