The Clinical Rationale for the Sentry Bioconvertible Inferior Vena Cava Filter for the Prevention of Pulmonary Embolism

Table 4

Cost and payment data extracted from the 2016 Medicare outpatient hospital standard analytical file for the common procedural terminology code 37193 (IVC filter removal) [57].

Procedure	No anesthesia	With anesthesia	Total
Cases	5547	1140	6687
Median cost (IQR)	$3033.44; ($2385.49 – $3925.33)	$3865.22; ($2909.70 – $5407.56)	$3129.57; ($2457.04 – $4167.18)
Minimum cost	$448.12	$846.91
Maximum cost	$70,881.80	$37,540.94
Median payment (IQR)	$1762.54; ($1682.49 – 1897.33)	$1795.42; ($1687.45 – $2080.32)	$1767.49; ($1683.78 – $1921.01)
Minimum payment	$753.52	$809.18
Maximum payment	$20,797.21	$10,959.56

IQR: interquartile range