TABLE I.
Assumption of Costs Using the Ratio of Cost-to-Charge Method of 0.63 from Vitale et al.1
| Cost ($) | Standard Deviation ($) | Source of Data | |
| Single row | |||
| Hospital | 6927 | 1354 | Vitale et al.1 |
| Physician | 3678 | 2072 | Vitale et al.1 |
| Total for single row | 10,605 | 2566 | Vitale et al.1 |
| Incremental costs* | |||
| Implants | 784 | ||
| Operating-room time | 525 | ||
| Total incremental | 1309 | ||
| Total for double row | 11,914 | ||
| Physical therapy | 1920 | Moosmayer et al.18 | |
| Revision surgery (total for single row and physical therapy) | 12,525 | ||
*
Incremental costs obtained from institutional data.