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Table 5 Direct comparison of total hospital costs and revenues from the DRG reimbursement system for risk-reducing surgical procedures in a University hospital in the Germany (negative values are represented in italics)

From: Cost effectiveness of bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy

 

Costs

Revenues

Differences

BRRM

€ 4031

€ 6619

€ 2588

RRSO

€ 2161

€ 2775

€ 614

BRRM with immediate implant-based breast reconstruction

€ 10409

€ 6905

€ −3504

BRRM and delayed implant-based breast reconstruction

€ 13206

€ 8735

 4471

BRRM with immediate DIEP-based breast reconstruction

€ 14470

€ 13618

€ −852

BRRM with delayed DIEP-based breast reconstruction

€ 15199

€ 20234

€ 5035

  1. BRRM bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy, RRSO risk-reducing (bilateral) salpingo-oophorectomy, DIEP deep inferior epigastric perforator flap