title: Average charges for coronary artery bypass grafts and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasties, 1995.
abstract: In 1995 the average charge for a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) among 1,643 patients age 30 and over was $44,820. This charge was more than twice that for 3,569 patients undergoing a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)-$20,370. The Middle Atlantic area reported the highest average charge for a CABG (18 percent above the norm) due mainly to the high charge in Pennsylvania, which was 37 percent higher than the national average. Each of the four regions west of the Mississippi River had higher than average charges for both revascularization procedures. The lowest charge for a CABG was reported in West Virginia-36 percent below the average and less than half the Pennsylvania charge Arizona, California and Illinois had the highest average PTCA charges, each 20 percent or more above that for the U.S. The lowest PTCA charge was reported in Ohio ($14,680), 28 percent lower than the U.S. average and 42 percent lower than in Arizona Hospital charges accounted for 73 percent of the total CABG charge and 77 percent of the PTCA total. Physician charges were the highest in New York and New Jersey for CABGs (each 31 percent above the average) and the lowest in Colorado (37 percent below). For PTCAs, the physicians' fees were the highest in Indiana, Connecticut and New York (between 18 and 21 percent above the norm) and lowest in Washington (25 percent below). CABG patients remained hospitalized for 8.32 days, more than twice the number of days for the PTCA (3.86 days).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mushinski
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000191:economics*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000191:economics*; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D014481:United States