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USA hospital costs
What common operations cost at every US hospital with Medicare data: the list price and the amount actually paid.
Operations
- Hip or knee replacement
- Hip replacement after a hip fracture
- Shoulder or elbow replacement
- Spinal fusion (lower back)
- Heart bypass surgery (CABG)
- Heart valve replacement via catheter (TAVR)
- Pacemaker fitting (inpatient)
- Bowel surgery
- Gallbladder removal (inpatient)
- Weight-loss surgery
- Cataract surgery
- Joint replacement or major joint surgery (day case)