The Cost of Cancer

I thought it'd be interesting to keep tabs on the actual cost of a Desmond's cancer. I know that if another mother had this information available for me to look at as we were getting started on our cancer journey, I would have wanted to look at it!

The cost is what our insurance was billed. It does not include any provider discounts, nor is representative of what we paid. We have a $9,000 out-of-pocket maximum for the calendar year.

2014
Cost           Date        Description of Service
$130          1/8          Initial visit to pediatrician
$309          1/9          Visit to specialist #1
$120          1/21        Follow-up with specialist #1
$172          1/27        Visit to specialist #2
$492          1/29        Visit to specialist #3
$1,545       2/3          MRI - Anesthetist
$2,780                      MRI procedure
$506                         MRI radiologist
$1,501       2/4         Pathologist
$16,106                   Biopsy surgery at St. Als
$1,800                     Biopsy surgery - Anesthetist
$562                        Biopsy surgery - Laboratory
$3,010                     Biopsy surgery - Surgeon
$205             2/6      Initial visit with primary oncologist
$123                        Facility charges (from initial visit with primary oncologist)
$1,545          2/12    CT and bone scan - Anesthetist
$670                        CT and bone scan - Radiologist
$106                        CT and bone scan - Physician
$123                        CT and bone scan - facility charges
$9,565                     CT and bone scan - more charges
$623                        CT and bone scan - more Radiologist
$203                        CT and bone scan - more Radiologist
$881              2/13   Lymph node biopsy/bone marrow biopsy/port placement surgery - Pathologist/labs
$4289                      Lymph node biopsy/bone marrow biopsy/port placement surgery - Surgery/radiologist
$1648                      Lymph node biopsy/bone marrow biopsy/port placement surgery - Anesthetist
$56                          Lymph node biopsy/bone marrow biopsy/port placement surgery - pathologist
$247                        Lymph node biopsy/bone marrow biopsy/port placement surgery - more pathologist
$15,394                   Lymph node biopsy/bone marrow biopsy/port placement surgery - operating room,                                       miscellaneous medical, x-ray, labs, supplies
$9,054          2/17  First chemo treatment - miscellaneous medical, labs, room
$488                      First chemo treatment - labs, facility charges
$327                      First chemo treatment - oncologist charge
$117             2/18  First chemo treatment - oncologist charge (in-hospital visit)
$173             2/19  First chemo treatment - oncologist charge (in-hospital visit)