Costs of Having Cancer

CT Scan $2,500 each
PET Scan $5,000 each
Opdivo Infusions monthly --  $150,000 annually
Opdivo/Yervoy Infusions monthly --  $256,000 annually
Imbruvica pills daily --  monthly $12,000  --  $144,000 annually
Monthly Blood Tests  --  $150  --  $1,800 annually
Monthly Office Visits  --  $2,400 annually

My annual costs have varied from $250,000 to $350,000 depending upon the chemo cocktails I was receiving...  so, an average cost for me would be about $300,000 annually.

After 12 years of treatment, my overall costs have been about $3,600,000

But, I have not included all the tests that I have had over this 12 year period of time, so these cost could easily have approached $4,000,000

Of course, my insurance has paid for all of this except for my recent prescription for Imbruvica which has out-of-pocket costs of about $24,000 to $30,000 for the last two years.  These costs have been offset by grants and what I actually pay out-of-pocket is deductible on my income taxes.