 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | It depends on your health plan. Mine charges a co-pay for doctor visits and prescription medications but not for the treatment itself, or for hospitalization.
In my case, IMRT was $5,000 per treatment (each day!) and there was a one time $20,000 programming fee. There was no copay for this. There was no copay for chemo which was very expensive as well. There was no co-pay for scans and lab work but that changed last year. They now charge a flat fee of $50 for any scans except chest x-rays which are $10 and $10.00 for any lab work.
Typically most insurance policies have a copay limit where there is an annual maximum, then your copay goes away for the remainder of that year.
Some plans also have a 1/2 million dollar limit.
Check with your plan administrator where you work.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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