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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 Jun;145(6):1541–1551. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006847

Table 3:

Total Cost and Out-of-Pocket Costs

Characteristic Total Cost OOP Costs
Mean Total Cost, $* Mean Cost 2009, $ Mean Cost 2017, $ 2009–2017, % change P-Value Mean Total OOP Expenses, $* Mean OOP Costs 2009, $ Mean OOP Costs 2017, $ 2009–2017, % change P-Value
Total 1,098 1,024 1,282 25 <0.001 143 121 187 54 <0.001
Insurance Type
 FFS 1,276 1,159 1,393 20 <0.001 199 164 241 47 <0.001
 MC 1,304 1,254 1,411 13 <0.001 67 67 115 72 <0.001
 Medicare-FFS 701 656 911 39 <0.001 83 52 46 -12 <0.001
 Medicare-MC 805 790 816 3 0.133 51 35 44 26 <0.001
HDHP
 Yes 1,146 1,018 1,291 27 <0.001 266 187 312 67 <0.001
 No 1,094 1,025 1,281 25 <0.001 133 119 162 36 <0.001
Geographic Region
 Northeast 1,271 1,127 1,581 40 <0.001 100 80 138 73 <0.001
 North Central 1,220 1,200 1,419 18 <0.001 161 136 204 50 <0.001
 South 991 940 1,135 21 <0.001 158 139 196 41 <0.001
 West 1,034 979 1,211 24 <0.001 130 97 191 97 <0.001
Place of Service
 Office 420 418 439 5 <0.001 76 68 102 50 <0.001
 Outpatient Hospital 2,035 1,774 2,525 42 <0.001 215 179 272 52 <0.001
 Ambulatory Surgical Center 1,848 1,725 2,186 27 <0.001 259 202 350 73 <0.001
Procedure Type
 Breast Reconstruction 3,003 2,674 3,379 26 <0.001 200 174 224 29 <0.001
 Breast Reduction 4,186 3,904 4,663 19 <0.001 381 328 465 42 <0.001
 Facial Fracture Repair 1,817 1,669 2,079 25 <0.001 256 209 318 52 <0.001
 Hand Surgery 2,005 1,735 2,460 42 <0.001 254 200 336 68 <0.001
 Scar Revision/Complex Closure 545 557 570 2 <0.001 88 82 110 34 <0.001
 Skin Cancer Excision 483 466 538 15 <0.001 80 69 109 58 <0.001

FFS: fee-for-service, HDHP: high deductible health plan, MC: managed care, OOP: out-of-pocket