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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2017 Dec 19;148(2):329–335. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.12.015

Table 2.

Cost parameters (in 2015 US dollars) for events within model.

Costs
Base Case Min Max Source
Surgery without AE $12,952 $12,522 $13,381 HCUP*
Surgery with Grade 3 or 4 AE $39,651 $37,701 $41,601 HCUP*
Admission for Grade 3 or 4 Chemotherapy-related AE $9,089 $8,776 $9,402 HCUP*
Total Surgical Procedure Cost
 PCS $2,829 $2,622 $3,036 CMS
 NACT $1,709 $1,583 $1,834 CMS
Base Surgery Cost
PCS $2,199 $2,040 $2,358 CMS
NACT $1,501 $1,392 $1,611 CMS
Chemotherapy Administration
Infusion Costs Per Cycle $221 CMS
Chemotherapy Cost Per Cycle $112 CMS
Total Chemotherapy Cost Per 3 Cycles $999 $899 $1,099 CMS
*

Data for inpatient stays in 2013;

Medicare reimbursement database maintained by the American Medical Association;

Chemotherapy administration costs do not include supportive care medications (e.g. steroids, diphenhydramine, antiemetics).

Abbreviations: AE: adverse event; PCS: primary cytoreductive surgery; NACT: neoadjuvant chemotherapy; HCUP: Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project; CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.