Table 6

Total cost by procedure, within insurance type

Non-Medicare patients	CLP (n = 31)	CLF (n = 15)	P
Hospital cost ($)^*	14,762 ± 5093	33,336 ± 9720	<.01^‡
Hospital charge^*^†	0.62 ± 0.40	1.48 ± 0.95	<.01^‡
Hospital payment received^*^†	0.74 ± 0.54	1.54 ± 1.13	<.01^‡
Medicare patients	CLP (n = 24)	CLF (n = 11)	P

Hospital cost ($)^*	16,284 ± 4700	30,474 ± 10,870	<.01^‡
Hospital charge*^†	0.58 ± 0.37	1.39 ± 0.88	.01^‡
Hospital payment received^*^†	0.52 ± 0.28	1.08 ± 0.59	<.01^‡

All P-values correspond to data in USD.
↵* Values are given as the mean and standard deviation.
↵† Reported as a ratio of [average value for insurance type]/[average value for alternative insurance type] (eg, [CLP average charge-non-Medicare patients]/[CLP average charge-Medicare patients]).
↵‡ Statistical significance.