Table 5.
Specific Costs Divided by Category
| Average cost/surgery (USD) | |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiology | |
| Open | 1432 |
| Robotic | 1444 |
| Difference | 12 |
| Operating room/recovery room | |
| Open | 11,958 |
| Robotic | 14,665 |
| Difference | 2707 |
| ICU | |
| Open | 12,417 |
| Robotic | 6159 |
| Difference | 6258 |
| Inpatient nursing | |
| Open | 4217 |
| Robotic | 3566 |
| Difference | 651 |
| Inpatient pharmacy | |
| Open | 2721 |
| Robotic | 1854 |
| Difference | 867 |
| Readmission costs | |
| Open | 22,263 |
| Robotic | 25,125 |
| Difference | 2862 |
| Total other costs | |
| Open | 13,527 |
| Robotic | 11,378 |
| Difference | 2149 |
ICU, intensive care unit; USD, US dollars.