11-26. Average Inpatient Hospital Charges for Twenty-Five Common Conditions and Surgical Procedures in South Carolina Non-Federal Acute Care Hospitals: 1991-1994

                                                                                          AVERAGE HOSPITAL CHARGE
                                                                                                                           % CHANGE
 CONDITIONS AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES                                               1991       1992       1993       1994    1993-1994

 Abdominal Pain                                                                   2,470      2,715      2,824      3,268      15.7      
 Acute Myocardial Infarction  (heart attack)                                      7,331      7,682      8,520      8,941       4.9
 Angina Pectoris  (severe pain about the heart)                                   3,398      3,916      4,051      4,170       2.9
 Asthma                                                                           3,670      3,948      4,443      4,824       8.6
 Back Pain                                                                        3,000      3,192      3,458      3,875      12.1
 Birth  (normal delivery)                                                         2,230      2,419      2,608      2,713       4.0
 Bronchitis  (acute)                                                              4,540      4,375      4,322      4,694       8.6
 Cardiac Catheterization  (test to view arteries of the heart)                    8,387      9,331     10,008     10,730       7.2
 Cardiac Dysrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm)                                      4,069      4,387      4,724      4,894       3.6
 Cesarean Section  (birth)                                                        4,969      5,361      5,620      5,845       4.0
 Chest Pain                                                                       3,202      3,504      3,752      4,073       8.5
 Cholecystectomy  (gallbladder removal)   **                                      6,976      9,349     10,400     11,522      10.8
 Congestive Heart Failure  (failure to maintain adequate blood circulation)       5,946      6,602      7,003      7,262       3.7
 Coronary Bypass  (bypass obstructed arteries of the heart)                      35,359     39,171     41,117     43,351       5.4
 Diabetes Mellitus                                                                3,636      3,994      4,208      4,582       8.9
 Gastroenteritis/Colitis  (inflammation of stomach, intestinal tract, or colon)   2,213      2,395      2,707      3,021      11.6
 Hemorrhoidectomy  (removal of hemorrhoids)                                       3,522      4,075      4,500      4,927       9.5
 Hysterectomy  (removal of the uterus)                                            5,685      6,431      7,171      7,387       3.0
 Inguinal Hernia  (hernia of the groin)                                           3,707      4,455      5,185      5,734      10.6
 Kidney Stones                                                                    5,014      5,642      6,095      6,360       4.4
 Mastectomy, Simple  (removal of the breast)                                      5,557      6,065      6,539      6,877       5.2
 Pneumonia                                                                        5,979      6,772      7,352      7,555       2.8
 Prostatectomy  (removal of part or all of prostate gland)                        4,829      5,167      5,552      5,983       7.8
 Psychosis  (mental disorders characterized by loss of contact with reality)      6,552      6,905      6,812      6,236      -8.5
 Tonsillectomy                                                                    2,569      3,114      3,608      4,486      24.3

Source: Office of Cooperative Health Statistics, Health Choices 1994, May, 1996.

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