Rituxan in my future!

[pberggren1]

I'm retired military (USAF) and most people think we have a free ride on medical. Not so! I pay 20% of all my expenses. So far, it hasn't been too bad because I pay 20% of what the insurance company knocks it down to. Hopefully, that will be the same with you, i.e., the insurance company knocks it down to x dollars that they have agreed upon and then you pay 20% of that. It's a lot more palatable. (BTW, we (retired mil) get zero dental, optical or hearing.)

Best of luck with rtx!

That certainly sucks vdub! You guys should have everything covered 100%.

[Chris G]

Since we're on the topic of money.........for those of you who've had it, how much one round of rtx ? I've been assuming it will be about $10,000. Am I close?

[Sangye]

Each infusion costs about $10,000. One round is either 2 infusions or 4.

[ScreaminMeanie]

That's a lot better than I thought. When I first checked on it almost a year ago, the medication alone, per infusion, was about $10K. At least, that's how I interpreted what I read at the time - I could have been totally wrong and the $10K was for the whole series of infusions. That didn't include the cost of the procedure, which was estimated to be anywhere from $1200 each time to $5000 each time. So I've been estimating $42,000 - $60,000 for one treatment (2 or 4 infusions). $10-12K for one treatment sounds a whole lot better!

And 20% of that is totally doable. But it's less than my annual out-of-pocket max, so I might want to reconsider waiting until after my next policy fiscal year begins and get it in this year.......

[Sangye]

We posted at the same time....

[drz]

Since we're on the topic of money.........for those of you who've had it, how much one round of rtx ? I've been assuming it will be about $10,000. Am I close?

Depends upon your facility and your insurance contract but that sounds like an average estimate.

[Kami]

Mine is going to be $7375 for each and I have to have 4. That's just the rituxan, nothing else that they give you or the room.

[pberggren1]

The cost to my province just for the drug for 4 infusions at 700mg each is 14 grand which I am trying to have them fully fund for me.

[ScreaminMeanie]

Each infusion costs about $10,000. One round is either 2 infusions or 4.

OK, I totally misread this the first time! This is about what I originally thought, in which case 20% is a LOT.

[Sangye]

Yes, it's a huge amount of money. And you might need to do repeat rounds on a regular basis. I don't know the statistics (maybe there aren't any yet) for how many people go into lasting remission after just one round. I do know there's no way of knowing ahead of time as it seems to be trial and error.