Table 2.

Receipt of Preoperative Tests and Their Cost

	Blood Count	MP	Coag Test	UA	ECG	Stress Test	ECHO	CXR	PFT
Receipt of Test, %
Cholecystectomy (n=132,536)	57.2	53.7	11.0	25.3	35.1	2.2	1.6	18.6	0.7
Hemorrhoidectomy (n=23,591)	24.4	21.4	5.2	9.4	15.8	0.9	0.7	7.3	0.5
CEA (n=2,671)	50.3	48.0	32.8	17.2	58.7	21.6	12.7	44.4	2.3
Peripheral artery angioplasty/stent (n=3,367)	51.5	48.4	36.8	11.7	28.9	4.3	3.1	17.2	1.3
Prostatectomy (n=16,393)	59.1	53.3	34.5	39.9	63.6	5.4	3.1	41.0	0.9
TURP (n=10,753)	49.6	48.3	19.7	55.6	45.3	2.6	2.0	19.6	1.2
Knee arthroplasty (n=71,524)	60.9	56.5	39.1	49.5	66.3	6.2	4.1	42.3	1.6
Arthroscopy (knee/shoulder) (n=326,595)	37.0	34.0	10.5	13.6	37.6	1.7	1.3	13.3	0.8
Hysterectomy (n=70,348)	60.0	37.9	12.9	29.1	34.1	1.6	1.4	20.4	0.8
Tubal ligation (n=20,590)	55.2	21.3	6.3	23.0	11.7	0.3	0.5	5.3	0.5
Total	46.8	40.6	14.5	22.8	39.0	2.4	1.7	18.6	0.9
Cost per patient, mean $
Received test	28.85	50.02	31.85	13.60	66.62	932.65	533.51	85.72	72.38
All patients	13.51	20.33	4.62	3.09	26.00	22.22	9.16	15.92	0.62

Abbreviations: CEA –carotid endarterectomy; Coag – coagulation; CXR – chest radiograph; ECHO – echocardiogram; ECG – electrocardiogram; MP – metabolic panel; PFT – pulmonary function test; TURP – transurethral resection of the prostate