TABLE 10.
Median and mean dollar amount paid per blood product unit, as reported by hospitals and stratified by annual inpatient surgical operations in the United States, 2015 and 2017
| Amount paid, 2017 ($) | Amount paid, 2015 ($) | Difference, 2017–2015 ($) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Surgical operations per year | N, 2017 | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean |
| RBCs, leukoreduced | 100–999 | 398 | 216 | 224 | 215 | 221 | 1 | 3 |
| 1000–1399 | 286 | 206 | 212 | 213 | 218 | −7 | −6 | |
| 1400–2399 | 386 | 208 | 214 | 213 | 216 | −5 | −2 | |
| 2400–4999 | 496 | 205 | 208 | 210 | 212 | −5 | −4 | |
| 5000–7999 | 217 | 203 | 207 | 208 | 208 | −5 | −1 | |
| ≥8000 | 163 | 203 | 207 | 206 | 209 | −3 | −2 | |
| Apheresis PLTs, leukoreduced | 100–999 | 347 | 540 | 549 | 540 | 550 | 0 | −1 |
| 1000–1399 | 288 | 518 | 523 | 525 | 535 | −7 | −12 | |
| 1400–2399 | 389 | 519 | 523 | 525 | 535 | −6 | −12 | |
| 2400–4999 | 515 | 510 | 513 | 520 | 524 | −10 | −12 | |
| 5000–7999 | 220 | 506 | 511 | 520 | 506 | −15 | 4 | |
| ≥8000 | 164 | 509 | 506 | 510 | 510 | −2 | −4 | |
| FFP | 100–999 | 145 | 60 | 72 | 60 | 65 | 0 | 7 |
| 1000–1399 | 151 | 54 | 58 | 57 | 63 | −3 | −5 | |
| 1400–2399 | 232 | 51 | 57 | 54 | 56 | −3 | 2 | |
| 2400–4999 | 330 | 50 | 54 | 53 | 55 | −3 | −1 | |
| 5000–7999 | 151 | 49 | 54 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 3 | |
| ≥8000 | 125 | 45 | 50 | 47 | 52 | −2 | −2 | |
| Plasma frozen between 8 and 24 hours of donation (PF24) | 100–999 | 276 | 58 | 65 | 58 | 62 | 0 | 3 |
| 1000–1399 | 238 | 51 | 55 | 55 | 57 | −4 | −2 | |
| 1400–2399 | 325 | 50 | 54 | 50 | 54 | 0 | −1 | |
| 2400–4999 | 435 | 50 | 52 | 51 | 53 | −1 | −1 | |
| 5000–7999 | 195 | 48 | 50 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 0 | |
| ≥8000 | 147 | 45 | 50 | 47 | 51 | −2 | −1 | |
| Cryoprecipitate, each unit | 100–999 | 122 | 55 | 58 | 55 | 57 | 1 | 1 |
| 1000 − 1399 | 170 | 50 | 55 | 51 | 55 | −1 | −0 | |
| 1400–2399 | 234 | 51 | 54 | 50 | 55 | 1 | −0 | |
| 2400–4999 | 339 | 50 | 54 | 50 | 53 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5000–7999 | 164 | 50 | 52 | 48 | 52 | 2 | 0 | |
| ≥8000 | 132 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 49 | 1 | −0 | |