Top 10 Procedures Associated With the Most Expensive Ambulatory Surgical Hospital Visits

1. Percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA) — $23,300
2. Insertion, revisions, replacement, removal of cardiac pacemaker — $20,200
3. Other OR heart procedures (primarily includes surgeries such as removal of heart tissue or repair of atrial septum) — $20,100
4. Spinal fusion — $18,600
5. Open prostatectomy — $16,500
6. Insertion of catheter or spine stimulator into spinal canal — $16,100
7. Endovascular repair of aneurysm — $13,200
8. Other OR upper GI therapeutic procedures (primarily includes surgeries such as repair of the esophagus function or repair of the stomach, not otherwise specified) — $10,900
9. Laminectomy — $10,700
10. Other OR procedures on vessels other than head and neck (primarily includes surgeries such as angioplasty of non-coronary vessels) — $10,700

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.

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