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Table 2 Low-value preoperative testing prior to 178,775 OSS 1 procedures in Veterans Health Administration during fiscal year 2019

From: Frequency and costs of low-value preoperative tests for patients undergoing low-risk procedures in the veterans health administration

Preoperative test

Percent received >=1 tests

Total number

Total cost

Complete blood count

33.2%

77,497

$805,438

Basic metabolic profile

32.0%

70,240

$912,317

Urinalysis

26.3%

55,122

$200,930

Electrocardiography

18.9%

54,310

$742,460

Pulmonary function tests

12.4%

52,311

$852,580

Transthoracic echocardiogram

4.5%

8424

$5,499,860

Cardiac stress test

2.0%

3759

$2,490,125

Coagulation test

<1%

254

$1458

Chest x-ray

0%

0

0

Total

48.3%

321,917

$11,505,170