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Table 5 Unit costs and associated sources

From: Budget impact analysis of robotic exoskeleton use for locomotor training following spinal cord injury in four SCI Model Systems

Component

Cost/unit

Assumptions and sources

Locomotor strategies

 RT-exo

$150,000

5 year life-span+Annual maintenance contract ($10,000) × 5 years

 Litegait - overground training

$10,000

Rehabilitaton hospital purchasing department

 Zero G track system

$225,000

Rehabilitaton hospital purchasing department+Annual maintenance contract ($7500) ×  5 years

 Treadmill training with body-weight support (BWS) - treadmill and harness system

$70,000

Rehabilitaton hospital purchasing department +Annual maintenance contract ($8500) ×  5 years

 Lokomat

$350,000

$350,000 + Annual maintenance contract ($15,000) × 5 years

Rehabilitaton hospital purchasing department

Personnel

 PT

$53.95 – Facility A

2017 BLS mean hourly rate by state + 30% benefits https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm

$56.68 – Facility B

$41.50*0.3 – Facility A

$58.08 – Facility C

$43.60 + 0.3 - Facility B

$51.58 – Facility D

$44.68 + 0.3 - Facility C

$39.69 + 0.3 – Facility D

 PT Assistant

$33.66 – Facility A

2017 BLS mean hourly rate by state + 30% benefits

$36.30 – Facility B

25.89 +  30% benefits – Facility A

$43.68 – Facility C

27.92 +  30% benefits – Facility B

$34.61 – Facility D

33.60 +  30% benefits – Facility C

26.62 +  30% benefits – Facility D

 Exercise specialist

$31.94 – Facility A

Exercise physiologist

$34.46 – Facility B

2017 BLS mean hourly rate by state + 30% benefits

$28.90 – Facility C

$24.57 - Facility A

$31.87 – Facility D

$26.51- Facility B

$22.23 - Facility C

$23.99 - Facility D

 PT Aide/tech

$17.04 – Facility A

2017 BLS mean hourly rate by state + 30% benefits

$19.44 – Facility B

$13.11+  30% benefits – Facility A

$16.76 – Facility C

$14.95+  30% benefits – Facility B

$20.15 – Facility D

$12.89+ 30% benefits – Facility C

$15.50 + 30% benefits – Facility D