Annual cost of treating PCa

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I posted this last year and it generated quite a bit of disuccion.

Here is the annual report from my insurance compant (United HealthCare)

 

Billed Amount:  $144,338.80Paid by Plan:    $  67,646.60

Patient Paid:     $  3,000.00

This spans Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 21, 2011From Jan to June I saw a local oncologist for Lupron and Zometa and June to December the same Onc administered Firmagon and Xgeva.

Late Jan to June I went to Atlanta aprox 10 times as part of the Zytiga open access trial.

From August to December I have been traveling to Boston

(7 times) to participate in the Cabozantinib (XL-184 trial).

 

The totals above do not include cost of the trial drugs (Zytiga

or XL-184).

               

-- Emersonwww.flhw.orgEvery 2.25 minutes a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Every 16.5 minutes a man dies from the disease.