Table 7

Total cost by insurance type, within procedure

CLP	Non-Medicare (n = 31)	Medicare (n = 24)	P
Hospital cost ($)^*	14,762 ± 5093	16,284 ± 4700	.3
Hospital charge*^†	0.94 ± 0.81	1.07 ± 1.23	.5
Hospital payment received^*^†	1.18 ± 0.93	0.85 ± 1.07	.1
Marginal value^*	7.07 ± 0.94 (gain)	0.14 ± 1.06 (loss)	.04^‡
CLF	Non-Medicare (n = 15)	Medicare (n = 11)	P

Hospital cost ($)^*	33,336 ± 9720	30,474 ± 10,870	.3
Hospital charge*^†	1.18 ± 0.81	0.85 ± 1.23	.4
Hospital payment received*^†	1.71 ± 1.97	0.58 ± 0.51	.1
Marginal value^*	1.98 ± 3.6 (gain)	0.50 ± 0.28 (loss)	.04^‡

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.