Table II.

Aggregate annual hospital charges, reimbursement, cost, and net income for elective surgery and all elective procedures comparing teaching hospitals to non-teaching hospitals in the United States

Elective surgery	Teaching hospitals (n = 10,034,858)	Nonteaching hospitals (n = 4,703,939)
	Billion, USD
Total charges	400.8	145.5
Total reimbursement∗	130.8–141.7	46.4–50.0
Total cost	94.8	35.0
Net income	35.7–46.7	11.3–15.0

All elective procedures†	(n = 11,343,748)	(n = 5,338,817)
	Billion, USD
Total charges	452.6	162.7
Total reimbursement∗	144.6–157.3	50.8–54.9
Total cost	107.6	39.5
Net income	36.8–49.4	11.2–15.4

Net income = reimbursement – cost

^∗Ranges in hospital reimbursement are based on conservative (lower) to upper reimbursement estimates based on differences in payment rates based on payer type for each procedure.

^†All elective procedures = includes surgeries requiring an operating room and minor procedures not requiring an operating room.