Exhibit 4.2. Average Charges for the Most Frequent Conditions
Average Charge per Stay and per Day, Average Length of Stay, Discharges, and Charges for the Top 10 Principal Diagnoses with Highest Charges per Stay, 2005
| CCS Principal Diagnosis Category and Name |
Average Charge per Stay |
Average Charge per Day |
Average Length of Stay in Days |
Total Discharges in Thousands |
Total Charges in Millions |
| All diagnoses |
$22,300 |
$4,800 |
4.7 |
39,163.8 |
$873,236.219 |
| 221 |
Infant respiratory distress syndrome |
114,200 |
4,400 |
25.7 |
16.3 |
1,862.602 |
| 227 |
Spinal cord injury |
110,400 |
8,700 |
12.7 |
11.7 |
1,295.850 |
| 96 |
Heart valve disorders |
98,300 |
11,300 |
8.7 |
89.9 |
8,841.366 |
| 39 |
Cancer of blood (leukemia) |
90,700 |
6,100 |
14.8 |
44.8 |
4,066.860 |
| 213 |
Cardiac and circulatory congenital anomalies (birth defects) |
90,700 |
9,300 |
9.8 |
61.0 |
5,531.834 |
| 219 |
Short gestation, low birth weight, and fetal growth retardation (premature birth and low birth weight) |
90,400 |
3,400 |
26.2 |
31.2 |
2,816.716 |
| 220 |
Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia (lack of oxygen to baby in uterus or during birth) |
76,000 |
5,200 |
14.6 |
1.0 |
76.274 |
| 115 |
Aortic, peripheral, and visceral artery aneurysms (ballooning or rupture of an artery) |
70,000 |
10,100 |
7.0 |
81.4 |
5,701.482 |
| 37 |
Hodgkin's disease |
62,400 |
6,300 |
9.9 |
5.7 |
354.163 |
| 13 |
Cancer of stomach |
60,800 |
5,700 |
10.7 |
24.9 |
1,515.379 |
| Standard Errors |
| All diagnoses |
$535 |
$128 |
0.0 |
765.017 |
$27,177.454601 |
| 221 |
Infant respiratory distress syndrome |
9,689 |
321 |
1.2 |
3.507 |
497.981128 |
| 227 |
Spinal cord injury |
7,360 |
340 |
0.6 |
0.816 |
145.405560 |
| 96 |
Heart valve disorders |
3,924 |
436 |
0.1 |
5.963 |
746.742382 |
| 39 |
Cancer of blood (leukemia) |
5,048 |
192 |
0.5 |
2.953 |
448.027805 |
| 213 |
Cardiac and circulatory congenital anomalies (birth defects) |
4,640 |
458 |
0.5 |
10.09 |
1,041.842387 |
| 219 |
Short gestation, low birth weight, and fetal growth retardation (premature birth and low birth weight) |
7,602 |
125 |
1.7 |
4.004 |
487.176871 |
| 220 |
Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia (lack of oxygen to baby in uterus or during birth) |
9,676 |
361 |
1.6 |
0.167 |
16.989681 |
| 115 |
Aortic, peripheral, and visceral artery aneurysms (ballooning or rupture of an artery) |
2,186 |
295 |
0.2 |
3.917 |
349.047464 |
| 37 |
Hodgkin's disease |
5,220 |
377 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
48.047512 |
| 13 |
Cancer of stomach |
3,668 |
310 |
0.3 |
1.119 |
122.302423 |
| Source: AHRQ, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2005. |