Table 2.

Median cost (% of total cost) [IQR] by cost center.

Cost center	Median (%) [IQR]					p value
	All patients (n = 80)	THE (n = 11)	Open (n = 11)	Hybrid (n = 41)	MIE (n = 17)
OR	$10,449 (33%) [$9,108−14,599]	$7,703 (28%) [$7,274−10,060]	$10,903 (31%) [$9,992−16,816]	$10,099 (35%) [$9,081−11,300]	$15,732 (44%) [$11,721−25,218]	<0.001
Non-ICU room and board	$8,294 (26%) [$6,791−10,995]	$5,556 (20%) [$5,261−6,945]	$8,334 (24%) [$6,660−10,933]	$8,294 (29%) [$6,945−9,675]	$10,845 (31%) [$8,294−13,556]	0.005
ICU	$4,414 (14%) [$3,111−8,632]	$8,117 (29%) [$4,139−16,207]	$8,277 (24%) [$4,541−12,948]	$4,316 (15%) [$2,270−6,811]	$4,139 (12%) [$2,270−8,277]	0.085
Anesthesia	$2,204 (7%) [$1,918−2,713]	$1,644 (6%) [$1,413−2,146]	$2,374 (7%) [$2,016−3,443]	$2,148 (7%) [$1,920−2,525]	$2,946 (8%) [$2,382−4,237]	<0.001
Lab	$1,807 (6%) [$1,274−3,027]	$1,610 (6%) [$1,294−5,872]	$2,238 (6%) [$1,782−4,054]	$1,692 (6%) [$1,167−2,499]	$1,817 (12%) [$1,570−3,118]	0.271
Other∗	$3,706 (12%) [$749−5,744]	$3,411 (12%) [$1,311−5,937]	$6,067 (17%) [$1,544−10,509]	$3,518 (12%) [$0−4,907]	$4,151 (12%) [$2,241−5,550]	0.659
Total	$31,375 [$26,487−48,484]	$27,835 [$23,626−45,267]	$35,002 [$24,589−62,223]	$28,710 [$26,469−34,186]	$35,508 [30,101−61,623]	0.135

^∗Other costs comprise pharmacy, radiology, cardiac, and physical therapy costs.

p values indicate Kruskal-Wallis one-way test analysis of variance for continuous variables.

IQR: interquartile range. ICU: intensive care unit. OR: operating room. THE: transhiatal esophagectomy. MIE: minimally invasive esophagectomy.