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Archive > February, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 2

Align Your Spine Surgery Costs

One year into an ambitious cost-saving program, we were able to save more than $350,000 on our implant costs. There's much work still to be done.

Julie Blatnik, RN, BSN, CNOR

Soaring spinal implant costs have made it increasingly difficult to perform spine services profitably in our hospital system. Our spinal implant budget increased nearly 11 times over a five-year period, from $380,000 in 2000 to $4.1 million in 2005, while our spine surgical volume increased by only 63 percent, from 722 cases in 2000 to 1,354 in 2005. Here's how we're keeping costs under control.

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