Table 1

2016 costs of interventions (in £ per patient) carried out in the UK-ROPE Study

InterventionCost (£ per patient)
PAE (UHS)
Interventional radiology (IR) clinic (pre and post)100
CT angiography250
Procedural and postprocedural staffing costs (IR room time, scrub team, recovery and radiographer)500
Sheath, wire, catheter and microcatheter300
Embolization pack (drapes and consumables)50
Urology clinic (pre and post)100
Urodynamics (optional)200
MRI (optional)350
Ultrasound scan (optional)150
Total2000
TURP (UHS)
Theatre time1126
Ward costs595
Anesthetist cost264
Surgeon cost201
Materials180
Pathology162
Miscellaneous400
Clinic (pre and post)100
Total3028
TURP (National Schedule of Reference Costs 2015/2016)*15
Transurethral prostate resection procedures with CC Score 6+4359.52
Transurethral prostate resection procedures with CC Score 3–52992.66
Transurethral prostate resection procedures with CC Score 0–22537.97
  • *Document published by the Department of Health and Social Care which outlines spending across 237 National Health Service providers for delivering healthcare to patients in 2015 and 2016.

  • CC, complications and comorbidities; PAE, prostate artery embolization; TURP, transurethral resection of the prostate; UHS, University Hospital Southampton.