Table 1.

Estimated 2018–2019 hospital costs (in USD) for services provided to patients with SSTIs [6, 22]

Service	Mean hospital costs (USD)	Median hospital costs (USD)
Oritavancin (WAC)	2900.00	2900.00
Drug administration (3 h)	514.81	238.02
Ultrasonography	269.14	204.48
X-ray	82.48	68.97
CT scan	180.88	127.12
Incision and drainage	101.02	78.39
Surgical debridement	299.46	165.00
Negative pressure wound therapy	182.72	161.09
ED visit
Level IV	260.67	226.69
Level V	377.03	331.33
Hospital admission for SSTI	6823.00	5074.00

ED emergency department, SSTI skin and soft tissue infection, WAC wholesale acquisition cost