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amount ($10,000) and the outlier payment amount ($29,540). IPPS Outlier Payment Policy Changes In the 2003 IPPS Final Rule, CMS made changes to its outlier payment
The median of these numbers is 3.5 (halfway between 3 and 4) The mean of these numbers, however, is 4.6, which is greater than the median (because of the huge outlier). Since 21 is obviously an outlier, let's remove it. The median moves from 3.5 to 3. The mean moves from 4.6 to 2.78, which is a big decrease.