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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2020 Mar;60(Suppl 2):S17–S37. doi: 10.1111/trf.15715

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