re: Cost of Chemo - one private reply

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Whew, I had no idea - received the following with permission to post to list

anonymously.

Jan

>>>> I just finished chemo 11/29 (breast cancer). I had 4 treatments of

Adriamycin and Cytoxan and 12 of Taxol. I also had a year of Herceptin--about

27 treatments. A VERY quick glance through my explanation of benefit

statements totals approx. $142,300. Wow. I had wanted to total it up and hope

to

do a more accurate job someday but that should get you started. I looked

very quickly at my radiology costs and they were at least $900 a week for 6

weeks, but I seem to remember some charge for $10000 during radiation--can't

find it now, of course. My insurance company is Anthem--they frustrated me for

years because they wouldn't allow me to have an ultrasound done at the same

time as my mammogram, in spite of the fact that almost every time the

radiologist who read my mammogram would order an ultrasound because they

couldn't see

what they needed to due to my dense breast tissue. I'm back to fighting

with them again over diagnostics, but they have shelled out thousands of

dollars

for my treatment with very little trouble. You're wise to be looking at

this ahead of time! Let me know if you need more info...<<<<

Jan Patenaude, RD

Director of Medical Nutrition

Signet Diagnostic Corporation

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