Table 2.

Medicare payments for index AAA repair stratified by diagnosis-related group (DRG) assignment

	n (%)	Median payment (Quartile 1- Quartile 3), $	p value*	Mean payment (SD), $	p value
Without MCC (DRG 238/111)			<0.001		<0.001
EVR	5,869 (86.3)	$25,566 ($22,362 – $31,217)		$26,949 ($6,786)
Open	941 (49.8)	$24,805 ($21,325 – $30,072)		$25,863 ($5,476)
With MCC (DRG 237/110)			0.115		0.007
EVR	571 (8.4)	$40,791 ($33,906 – $48,900)		$44,458 ($17,964)
Open	870 (46.1)	$39,539 ($32,665 – $45,242)		$41,933 ($17,009)
Other DRG†			<0.001		<0.001
EVR	364 (5.3)	$2,964 ($2,166 – $20,756)		$18,682 ($39,541)
Open	78 (4.1)	$109,466 ($53,274 – $174,359)		$129,249 ($105,031)
All Patients			<0.001		<0.001
EVR	6,804	$25,924 ($22,280 – $32,556)		$27,976 ($13,361)
Open	1,889	$31,442 ($24,669 – $40,419)		$37,534 ($31,974)

^*Crude difference in median payment using quantile regression

^†See Supplemental Material, Table H, for description of other DRG codes.

MCC = Major complication or comorbidity