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William S. Stoney, MD; William C. Alford, Jr, MD; George R. Burrus, MD; Robert A. Frist, MD; Clarence S. Thomas, Jr, MD

JAMA. 1978;240(21):2278-2280.

Abstract
We reviewed the financial records of 200 successive patients who had coronary artery bypass surgery in the first three months of 1976. The average hospital bill was $7,690 and the average length of stay was 18 days. The highest bill was $28,329 (79 days) and the lowest was $6,126 (11 days). The average total physician charge to the patient was $3,240. The total average hospital and physician cost was $10,930.

(JAMA 240:2278-2280, 1978)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, St Thomas Hospital, and the Department of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to St Thomas Medical Bldg, Suite 501, 4230 Harding Rd, Nashville, TN 37205 (Dr Stoney).

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