The aim of our study was to assess the hospitalization periods of the patients who have undergone surgery with a diagnosis of cyst hydatid at our university hospital, as well as to assess the cost of this hospitalization per capita. The data of 213 patients, who had undergone surgery with the diagnosis of cyst hydatid between January 2001 – June 2014, at the university hospital, were retrospectively examined from the hospital information system. In order to ensure that all of the costs were of equal value, the costs were first converted into a Turkish Lira (TL) value in line with the June 2014 Consumer Price Index (CPI) as published by Turkish Statistical Institute and then into US Dollars. It was seen that 51.2% of the patients were female and 48.8% were male and that 10.3% were aged 18 or lower. The age median was 38 (Inter Quartile Rate (IQR) : 25-55) and the median of the number of days the patients were hospitalized was 12 (8-19). The cost per patient was 2158.25 US Dollars. It was seen that the cost of male patients was statistically significantly higher than those of female patients (p=0.040). A medium level correlation was determined between the number of days patients were hospitalized and their costs (r=0.533, p=0.0001). Hospital costs increased as the number of days in hospital increased. While there was no difference between the mean ages and hospitalization periods among the sex, the costs were found to be higher for men than for women.

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