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[NCGal63]

Never thought of that ... good question Mr. Sorbo!

[Walt]

Never thought of that ... good question Mr. Sorbo!




 

Well, with respect to the chemo I'm on -- the cost of chemo vs. insulin is like night and day.

Due to my advanced prostate cancer I was taking chemo (jevtana). My insurance company was billed $28,335.00 for each jevtana infusion. I had 13 infusions given at three week intervals (add it up).

I'm now on a nuclear medicine called Pluvicto (lutetium - 177) every 6 weeks. So far I've had two infusions (will get my third infusion this Tuesday, 9-12-2023). Are you sitting down? My insurance company is being billed $180,660.00 for each infusion. I'm entitled to get a total of six infusions -- the total cost of $1,080,000! Of course, what my insurance company will pay (based on the agreement with my insurance company and provider) less than that -- but it will still come to a staggering cost. For instance, for my jevtana infusions the provider billed at $28,335.00 but my insurance company only paid $15,375.00. 

If I didn't have good medical insurance I would probably be dead right now.

When I'm administered Pluvicto, it's just a small IV drip bag (maybe 100 to 150 ml) of clear liquid. The entire infusion only takes about 15 minutes (then I must wait 30 minutes so as to make sure I don't have any ill effects). It's hard to believe Pluvicto is so prohibitively expensive.

BTW, when I first went on chemo I was on the generic chemo taxotere. It was far less expensive (but in the $ thousands), but it didn't work for me; thus, my insurance company allowed me to move up to the more expensive jevtana, and now Pluvicto.

I just today had an office visit with my oncologist. He told me the Pluvicto is working as my PSA had dropped over 50% after two infusions. I'd like to get at least five more years of living.
 
 
 

[John]

Never thought of that ... good question Mr. Sorbo!

 

Well, with respect to the chemo I'm on -- the cost of chemo vs. insulin is like night and day.

Due to my advanced prostate cancer I was taking chemo (jevtana). My insurance company was billed $28,335.00 for each jevtana infusion. I had 13 infusions given at three week intervals (add it up).

I'm now on a nuclear medicine called Pluvicto (lutetium - 177) every 6 weeks. So far I've had two infusions (will get my third infusion this Tuesday, 9-12-2023). Are you sitting down? My insurance company is being billed $180,660.00 for each infusion. I'm entitled to get a total of six infusions -- the total cost of $1,080,000! Of course, what my insurance company will pay (based on the agreement with my insurance company and provider) less than that -- but it will still come to a staggering cost. For instance, for my jevtana infusions the provider billed at $28,335.00 but my insurance company only paid $15,375.00. 

If I didn't have good medical insurance I would probably be dead right now.

When I'm administered Pluvicto, it's just a small IV drip bag (maybe 100 to 150 ml) of clear liquid. The entire infusion only takes about 15 minutes (then I must wait 30 minutes so as to make sure I don't have any ill effects). It's hard to believe Pluvicto is so prohibitively expensive.

BTW, when I first went on chemo I was on the generic chemo taxotere. It was far less expensive (but in the $ thousands), but it didn't work for me; thus, my insurance company allowed me to move up to the more expensive jevtana, and now Pluvicto.

I just today had an office visit with my oncologist. He told me the Pluvicto is working as my PSA had dropped over 50% after two infusions. I'd like to get at least five more years of living.
 
 

All the best to you, Walt. Scary how expensive this is and the importance of good insurance.  Hope you get far more than 5 years.  BTW - Your message is so important and timely that I think you might make a separate thread.
 

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I mentioned this to some of my relatives and they looked at me like I was from another planet...


 

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That looks like Vince Furnier.