Table 3.
Cost analysis.
|
Item |
Value (Range) |
| Cost, $ | |
| Mean hospital charge | 126,284 (76,171–215,516) |
| Mean hospital cost | 44,126 (23,205–74,302) |
| Average cost per day | 8825 |
| Cost by category, % | |
| Spinal implants | 31 |
| Surgery department labor | 23 |
| Medical/surgical bed | 19 |
| Central supply/operating room supplies | 9 |
| Intensive care unit | 6 |
| Bone graft | 3 |
| Anesthesia unit/equipment | 2 |
| Pharmacy | 2 |
| Physical and respiratory therapy | 2 |
| Radiology | 2 |
| Laboratory | 1 |