title: The cost of coronary bypass procedures.
abstract: We reviewed the financial records of 200 succesive patients who had coronary artery bypass surgery in the first three months of 1976. The average hospital bill was $7,690 and the average length of stay was 18 days. The highest bill was $28,329 (79 days) and the lowest was $6,126 (11 days). The average total physician charge to the patient was $3,240. The total average hospital and physician cost was $10,930.
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000191:economics*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005251:Fees, Medical / Q000639:trends; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States