Maryland Comparison

Comparison of episode prices and potentially avoidable complication rates, 2014/2015 commercial data
PAC: Potentially Avoidable Complication Rate (lower is better), IQR: Interquartile Range

	Maryland	New Hampshire	Connecticut
Hip Replacement PAC Rate	42.3%	30.0%	27.8%
Hip Replacement Episode Cost	$30,779	$34,215	$34,757
Hip Replacement IQR	[$24,960 – $36,674]	[$26,793 – $41,377]	[$30,241 – $39,917]
Knee Replacement PAC Rate	40.1%	32.0%	29.3%
Knee Replacement Episode Cost	$29,059	$32,366	$37,475
Knee Replacement IQR	[$22,663 – $33,840]	[$23,444 – $42,410]	[$31,147 – $43,487]
Hysterectomy PAC Rate	54.3%	46.4%	43.4%
Hysterectomy Episode Cost	$16,381	$19,038	$17,700
Hysterectomy IQR	[$13,895 – $18,357]	[$12,856 – $22,830]	[$13,182 – $20,977]
Vaginal Delivery PAC Rate	28.2%	27.1%	29.0%
Vaginal Delivery Episode Cost	$10,841	$10,518	$13,380
Vaginal Delivery IQR	[$9,156 – $12,174]	[$8,132 – $12,511]	[$11,465 – $14,948]

Comparison of episode prices and potentially avoidable complication rates, 2015/2016 commercial data
PAC: Potentially Avoidable Complication Rate (lower is better), IQR: Interquartile Range

	Maryland	Connecticut	Colorado
Hip Replacement PAC Rate	36.9%	28.5%	32.7%
Hip Replacement Episode Cost	$30,068	$37,238	$36,369
Hip Replacement Readmission Rate	2.1%	1.5%	0.76%
Hip Replacement IQR	[$27,579 – $31,437]	[$36,985 – $40,765]	[$33,845 – $38,627]
Knee Replacement PAC Rate	33.6%	24.7%	38.6%
Knee Replacement Episode Cost	$30,167	$39,153	$37,987
Hip Replacement Readmission Rate	3.2%	1.8%	1.5%
Knee Replacement IQR	[$28,210 – $31,893]	[$38,909 – $45,088]	[$35,738 – $40,852]
Hysterectomy PAC Rate	53.4%	45.2%	44.3%
Hysterectomy Episode Cost	$16,138	$23,175	$20,707
Hysterectomy IQR	[$14,139 – $17,515]	[$18,409 – $26,373]	[$17,556 – $23,077]
Vaginal Delivery PAC Rate	28.0%	27.5%	31.8%
Vaginal Delivery Episode Cost	$11,590	$15,149	$11,267
Vaginal Delivery IQR	[$10,964 – $11,808]	[$14,387 – $16,607]	[$10,742 – $11,815]

Source: Altarum Institute