As many of you know, in late 2015 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and since I drew the short straw, I received multiple modalities of treatment. First there was surgery, then radiation, and finally hormone therapy, which is slated to end after 6 more months. The first milestone is 2 years of zeroes on tests where I hope to score zero (knock wood).
But this isn't really a post about my health, it's more about the cost of treatment. I maintain a spreadsheet breaking down the costs for my treatment as submitted to insurance (not necessarily as paid). This shit is expensive. Here are some totals, by category:
Diagnosis : $16,000
Surgery : $79,000
Radiation : $236,000
Hormone Tx : $174,000
The final category, hormone treatment, will continue to accrue at ~$5500 per month for another 6 months. With my most recent treatment, I hit my second milestone, the half million dollar mark.
Grand Total : $504,930.64
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And of course that's only a small part of the story. It is highly likely the insurance company didn't pay anywhere close to those amounts. They have "deals" with the caregivers. But if you didn't have the insurance, you would have had to pay those prices. It is not clear to me how the whole mess hasn't fallen apart yet...
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