TABLE 9.
Median and mean dollar amount paid per blood product unit (in U.S. dollars) as reported by hospitals in the United States, 2015 and 2017
| Amount paid, 2017 ($) | Amount paid, 2015 ($) | Difference, 2017 − 2015 ($) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Median (N) | IQR | Mean | Median (N) | IQR | Mean | Original median (N) | Median | Mean |
| RBCs, leukoreduced | 207 (1946) | 196–223 | 213 | 211 (1619) | 197–227 | 215 | 211 (1630) | −4 | −2 |
| RBCs, nonleukoreduced | 200 (198) | 184–214 | 207 | 204 (259) | 185–222 | 204 | 204 (262) | −4 | 3 |
| Whole blood–derived PLTs, each unit, not leukoreduced, not irradiated | 72 (78) | 63–95 | 85 | 75 (68) | 64–95 | 80 | 95 (101) | −3 | 6 |
| Apheresis PLTs, leukoreduced | 517 (1923) | 490–550 | 522 | 523 (1659) | 495–559 | 530 | 524 (1668) | −6 | −8* |
| FFP | 51 (1134) | 43–60 | 57 | 54 (1055) | 45–64 | 57 | 54 (1062) | −3 | 0 |
| Plasma frozen between 8 and 24 hours of donation (PF24) | 50 (1616) | 43–60 | 55 | 52 (1376) | 45–60 | 55 | 52 (1389) | −2 | 0 |
| Cryoprecipitate, each unit | 50 (1161) | 43–61 | 54 | 50 (1069) | 43–61 | 53 | 56 (1356) | 0 | 0 |
*
Significant difference between 2015 and 2017 with p < 0.05.