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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 22.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2016 Sep 10;30(14):2115–2119. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001120

Table 2.

ICER for 5 Common Regimens Using Average 340b Pricing (base case scenario) and Average Wholesale Price (sensitivity analysis)

Regimen Median(mos) Average 340b Pricea ICER (340b Price/mos)
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, Efavirenz 40.1 $710.64 Reference
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, Rilpivirine 36.3 $957.72 Dominated
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, ritonavir/ Atazanavir 31.9 $1060.35 Dominated
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, Raltegravir 47.8 $1075.03 $47.32
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, ritonavir/Darunavir 47.8 $1166.07 Dominated
Regimen Median(mos) Market Price ICER (Market Price/mos)
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, Rilpivirine 36.3 $2633.34 Reference
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, Efavirenz 40.1 $2658.24 $6.55
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, Raltegravir 47.8 $3091.49 $56.27
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, ritonavir/Darunavir 47.8 $3464.54 Dominated
Emtricitabine, Tenofovir, ritonavir/ Atazanavir 31.9 $3475.47 Dominated
a

Average 340b Price is the average of four national wholesale pharmacies who provide discounted drugs via the 340b Prime Vendor Program

Definitions: ICER, Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio, is calculated by comparing the difference in the cost divided by the difference in effect Dominated means that a treatment is less durable and more costly than the regimen in the preceding row