Mine was around $ 100,000 for 42 treatments, however Medicare paid alot less
than was actually billed since they have a prearranged agreement of costs
with the provider. I had no out of pocket expense except the gas to drive
the 20 miles and back.
You have to also consider the cost of the 'sunlamp", the cost of the
building where it's located, the cost of machine maintenace, initial mapping
scans and setup and weekly xrays and Doctors exams. I have no idea what a
"fair" cost should be, but it does vary alot depending on a person's
insurance coverage or lack thereof.
By the way - still having some side effects, mainly inflammation of the
intestinal tract and colon even though my treatments ended 3 months ago.
That coupled with Hormone Blocker therapy can be annoying at times although
there is a sloooow improvement each day.
George
Age - 69
8/12/02 - PSA 3.7
10/13/03 - PSA 4.69
11/11/03 - PSA 4.8
11/18/03 - Biopsy - 10 cores
one core-25% of core-Gleason 4+4=8
all other cores benign tissue
12/10/03 - Consult - Oncologist MD
12/16/03 - Consult - Radiation Oncologist
Treatment Plan - Northeast Ga Cancer Center
HT - started 12/17/03 - Eulixen & Lupron (2nd 4 mo Lupron-4/26)
2/10/04 - Started - Flowmax and Megastrol
Radiation - IMRT to begin 3/30/04 - 42 treatments - Completed 6/8/04
8/30/04 - 1 yr Viadur Implant instead of 4mo Lupron