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11-26. Average Inpatient Hospital Charges for Twenty-five Common Conditions and Surgical Procedures in South Carolina Nonfederal Acute Care Hospitals: 1993 - 1996

                                                                                          AVERAGE HOSPITAL CHARGE          % CHANGE
 CONDITIONS AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES                                                  1993      1994      1995      1996   1995-1996

 Abdominal Pain                                                                     2,824     3,268     3,149     3,449      9.5
 Acute Myocardial Infarction  (heart attack)                                        8,520     8,941     9,000     9,092      1.0
 Angina Pectoris  (severe pain about the heart)                                     4,051     4,170     4,227     4,188     -0.9
 Asthma                                                                             4,443     4,824     4,542     4,623      1.8
 Back Pain                                                                          3,458     3,875     4,150     4,194      1.1
 Birth  (normal delivery)                                                           2,608     2,713     2,761     2,927      6.0
 Bronchitis  (acute)                                                                4,322     4,694     4,545     4,688      3.2
 Cardiac Catheterization  (test to view arteries of the heart)                     10,008    10,730    11,041    10,970     -0.7
 Cardiac Dysrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm)                                        4,724     4,894     4,931     4,821     -2.2
 Cesarean Section  (birth)                                                          5,620     5,845     6,004     6,127      2.1
 Chest Pain                                                                         3,752     4,073     4,094     4,105      0.3
 Cholecystectomy  (gallbladder removal)                                            10,400    11,522    12,213    13,061      6.9
 Congestive Heart Failure  (failure to maintain adequate blood circulation)         7,003     7,262     7,136     7,099     -0.5
 Coronary Bypass  (bypass obstructed arteries of the heart)                        41,117    43,351    42,731    42,223     -1.2
 Diabetes Mellitus                                                                  4,208     4,582     4,628     4,672      0.9
 Gastroenteritis/Colitis  (inflammation of stomach, intestinal tract, or colon)     2,707     3,021     2,932     3,123      6.5
 Hemorrhoidectomy  (removal of hemorrhoids)                                         4,500     4,927     4,854     6,065     25.0
 Hysterectomy  (removal of the uterus)                                              7,171     7,387     7,510     7,809      4.0
 Inguinal Hernia  (hernia of the groin)                                             5,185     5,734     7,188     7,270      1.1
 Kidney Stones                                                                      6,095     6,360     6,932     7,130      2.9
 Mastectomy, Simple  (removal of the breast)                                        6,539     6,877     7,106     7,231      1.8
 Pneumonia                                                                          7,352     7,555     7,575     7,695      1.6
 Prostatectomy  (removal of part or all of prostate gland)                          5,552     5,983     5,954     6,290      5.6
 Psychosis  (mental disorders characterized by loss of contact with reality)        6,812     6,236     6,578     6,210     -5.6
 Tonsillectomy                                                                      3,608     4,486     4,412     4,860     10.2

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