VIDEO: Implants drive variability in day-of-surgery cost for rotator cuff repair
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Key takeaways:
- Implant costs accounted for 44% of the variability in day-of-surgery cost for rotator cuff repair.
- Average day-of-surgery cost was roughly $2,500.
SAN ANTONIO — In this video from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting, Allison Rao, MD, spoke about variability in day-of-surgery cost for rotator cuff repair.
Rao, assistant professor in the department of orthopedic surgery at the University of Minnesota, and colleagues analyzed time-driven, activity-based costs for 246 patients (average age, 59.1 years) who underwent primary rotator cuff repair for isolated supraspinatus tears at a single center between 2016 and 2022.
“What we found was that the average day-of-surgery costing was around $2,500, but interestingly, implants were about $1,000 plus or minus $670. And that accounted for 44% of the total day-of-surgery costing,” Rao said. “Three-quarters of the variability came from implants alone.”
Rao noted no significant correlation between partial-thickness tears, the number of anchors used or total day-of-surgery cost with symptomatic retear at 2 years.
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Rao A, et al. Paper 19. Presented at: American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting; Oct. 16-19, 2024; San Antonio.
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