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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2019 Jan 31;218(3):452–456. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.01.033

Table 2.

Incidence and perceived value of discussion of cost with financial counselor, payer, and or provider. A. All patients. B. Limited to patients who reported costs impacted their decisions regarding surgical care.

A.
Financial counselor (n = 85) Insurance Company (n = 83) Surgeon (n =83)
I talked with a ___. 10 (12%) 14 (17%) 5 (6%)
Helpful 7 (70%) 8 (57%) 4 (80%)
Not Helpful 3 (30%) 6 (43%) 1 (20%)
I did NOT talk with a ___. 75 (88%) 69 (83%) 78 (94%)
I wish I had. 18 (24%) 14 (20%) 11 (14%)
I am happy with that. 57 (76%) 55 (80%) 67 (86%)
B.
Financial counselor (n = 11) Insurance Company (n = 11) Surgeon (n =12)
I talked with a ___. 5 (45%) 2 (18%) 3 (25%)
Helpful 4 (80%) 0 (0%) 3 (100%)
Not Helpful 1 (20%) 2 (100%) 0 (0%)
I did NOT talk with a ___. 6 (55%) 9 (82%) 9 (75%)
I wish I had. 4 (67%) 4 (44%) 4 (44%)
I am happy with that. 2 (33%) 5 (456%) 5 (56%)