Location of surgical procedure | Number of surgical procedures* | Mean cost (US dollars) | Median cost (US dollars) | Standard deviation |
Outpatient procedures | ||||
Brain | 15 | 12,589 | 5301 | 16,940 |
Liver | 4 | 7378 | 993 | 12,889 |
Lung | 75 | 2617 | 1211 | 3920 |
Lymph nodes | 12 | 11,169 | 10,985 | 6880 |
Skin | 1181 | 3096 | 1223 | 4635 |
Soft tissue | 108 | 4887 | 3757 | 3732 |
All locations | 1395 | 3393 | 1419 | 5044 |
Inpatient procedures | ||||
Brain | 88 | 52,511 | 45,109 | 40,199 |
Liver | 11 | 39,609 | 30,293 | 29,944 |
Lung | 82 | 27,545 | 25,215 | 17,300 |
Lymph nodes | 43 | 22,499 | 16,191 | 19,457 |
Skin | 7 | 59,150 | 15,134 | 110,167 |
All locations | 231 | 37,649 | 28,067 | 36,325 |