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<p>The information is shown in the following table and is from reference costs, which
are the average unit cost to National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts
of providing defined services in a given financial year. Reference costs for acute
care are collected by healthcare resource group (HRG), which are standard groupings
of clinically similar treatments that consume similar levels of healthcare resource.
The costs cover one episode of care under one consultant and do not include other
elements of the patient pathway such as outpatient appointments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>Estimated average unit cost to NHS providers in 2013-14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>Average unit cost per one finished consultant episode</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hip
replacement</p></td><td><p>£6,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knee replacement</p></td><td><p>£6,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cataract
operation</p></td><td><p>£878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hernia operation</p></td><td><p>£2,010</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Source: </em>Reference costs, Department of Health</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. Includes the average unit costs for the following
HRGs, weighted for the activity reported for each HRG:</p><p> </p><p>HA12, Major Hip
Procedures for Trauma</p><p> </p><p>HB12, Major Hip Procedures for Non-Trauma</p><p>
</p><p>HA21, Major Knee Procedures for Trauma</p><p> </p><p>HB21, Major Knee Procedures
for Non-Trauma</p><p> </p><p>BZ01, Enhanced Cataract Surgery</p><p> </p><p>BZ02, Phacoemulsification
Cataract Extraction and Lens Implant</p><p> </p><p>BZ03, Non-Phacoemulsification Cataract
Surgery</p><p> </p><p>FZ17, Abdominal Hernia Procedures</p><p> </p><p>FZ18, Inguinal,
Umbilical or Femoral Hernia Procedures</p><p> </p><p>2. The majority of procedures
in HA12, HB12, HA21 and HB21 are for total replacements of hip or knee joints but
may include other hip or knee procedures.</p><p> </p>
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