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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 Mar 1;147(3):505–513. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000007679

Table 3:

All Payers: Median and Mean Physician Payments-per-wRVU by Breast Procedure


CATEGORY
Commercial Payers Governmental Payers
p value **
N 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean SD N 25th percentile Median 75th percentile Mean SD p value*
Breast Free Flap s2068 356 240.72 321.61 449.51 380.79 238.13 - - - - - - - -
Tissue Expander 19357 2309 102.61 129.86 165.38 139.76 57.80 489 42.10 56.58 76.38 59.38 38.11


0.823
< 0.001
TRAM Flap
19367
333 94.57 122.42 153.46 127.04 48.02 79 14.26 46.75 59.43 45.18 27.75 < 0.001
Breast Free Flap
19364
103 92.01 121.54 173.84 150.30 205.85 41 28.69 49.61 68.35 133.01 492.65 < 0.001
Latissimus Flap
19361
334 89.08 109.29 134.22 114.64 45.64 103 37.40 52.38 62.22 51.08 29.30 < 0.001

All values (other than n) are represented as dollars per wRVU; n = number of patients

Abbreviations: SD Standard Deviation, TRAM Transverse Rectus Abdominis

*

Kruskal-Wallis comparing governmental payments for breast procedures

**

Mann Whitney comparing commercial versus governmental payments per category, excluding s2068