Cost of Operating Room Time is $46.04 Dollars per Minute

ABSTRACT

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to establish a consensus estimate of operating room cost per minute based on currently published literature.

Design: Literature review.

Main outcome measurement: Operating room cost per unit time.

Results and conclusions: Google Scholar search produced 51 articles regarding ““operating room cost per minute” of which 14 had novel estimates for OR cost per minute. The mean of these estimates was $46.04 ± $32.31. There was little consistency in methodology among the included articles, which is reflected in the large range of values.