Charges for GA68-PSMA-11 trials

[kainasar]

Found out Clinical trials at UCLA Jonson and Sloan Kettering researching Ga 68-labeled PSMA-11 cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/N... both charge 2800, and wont take insurance. Havent asked the others.

[Tall_Allen]

Medical tourism can be less expensive. Unfortunately the DCFPyL trial is no longer recruiting. Hopefully, Ga-68-PSMA-11 will be approved in about 9 months.

[Ldb01 in reply to Tall_Allen]

Since my husband is a pensioner, he doesn't pay for his treatment at the state hospital. He only pays about $10 registration fee for each visit.

[AlanMeyer]

I don't think any insurance will pay for an unapproved treatment. However, $2,800 doesn't sound bad at all if that's the total cost for the treatment.

Alan

[whatsinaname in reply to AlanMeyer]

It is the cost of the SCAN, not the treatment. This SCAN enables one to figure out the position, size and quantity of tumors in ones body. If one is PSMA avid, the chances of Lu-177 or AC-225 working are supposed to be greater.

[AlanMeyer in reply to whatsinaname]

Yikes! I should have known.

[Schwah]

Yep that’s what I paid at ucla.

Schwah

[Break60]

I lucked out and got it “ free” at UCSF in 2018. As TA said it should be FDA approved soon then insurance will cover it most likely at least Medicare.

[whatsinaname in reply to Break60]

I have done 4 PSMA PET-CT scans so far (in 18 months) and my 5th comes up on Saturday, 17th August.

Total cost per scan (all told) INR 30,000/- or USD 430/- This is in Bombay, India.

[monte1111 in reply to whatsinaname]

Hope that scan works out well for you whatsinaname. Cheers!

[whatsinaname in reply to monte1111]

Thanks very much, monte1111.

[j-o-h-n in reply to whatsinaname]

Including Roti?

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Tuesday 08/13/2019 6:08 PM DST

[tango65]

Dr. Fendler at UCLA explained to me that they charge $ 2800 for the Ga68 PSMA and they do not charge for the procedure. I paid $ 2800 before the Ga 68 PSMA was done at UCLA.

UCLA billed me by mistake a month later for the whole thing (Ga68 PSMA and the PET/CT). The total bill was around $ 14,000 and they deducted the $ 2800 I had already paid. Dr. Fendler talked with them and they did not bother me anymore. If this study gets approved and Medicare does not pay for it, it is going to cost much more than $ 2800.