I went for 10 days and each treatment lasted about 5 minutes each at the most. And i had 2 GY each day per each hand or 20GY for both hands in 10 days. My insurance was a $2000 deductable that i paid and then they paid the rest. I do know my bill was alot less than some of the quotes people on the forum talked about. My bill in total with all the office visits and radiation was $4100 give or take. Which means my ins. paid $2,100. If you have no ins. the charge would be $6,100.

Today will be my last round of RT from the first session. As soon as I get my bill from BC/BS will post what I was charged. I asked when I first met with Doctor's nurse, she assured me that it was not going to be since, I had met my deductible and my responsibility now its just 20% of whatever ????

I feel fine, I see nothing and no changes. How long does it take till I will see something???

Betty

Lori, thank you for your encouraging answer. Wow, I am all excited. I can not wait till my nodules are gone. I think my imagination is playing tricks with me, but I feel, one nodule in my left hand feels a little bit softer, not so hard and a tiny bit smaller. But, I do not think that could be possible... Time will tell.

I thought Medicare covered my RT at Scripps Hospital in LaJolla, Ca in November 2009. Anthem Blue Cross was suppose to pay the portion that Medicare didn't cover. Apparently, others have had problems with Medicare covering the cost of RT since then. And the secondary insurance (Anthem) only covers after Medicare pays.... I am really not sure if Medicare actually covered my bills in 2009. Scripps Hospital never billed me, so maybe they wrote it off???

I am not familiar with costs paid by Insurance companies outside of Medicare.

As far as seeing results after RT, mine improved for more than six months after the procedure. Existing nodules got much smaller and softer, a small (tiny) cord running from base of index finger to PIP joint of that finger, totally disappeared. I also had RT for my Ledderhose for two marble size hard nodules....they are 90 % gone.

bstenman:

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In 2007 for the first round of treatments as a US citizen in Essen, Germany I paid 400 Euros. For the second set of treatments in California the bill for the XRT was over $8,000 plus another $1400 for a CAT scan. You can have one heck of a nice vacation in Germany with the cost savings if you do not have medical insurance or have the usual high deductible.

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