Table 14. Total Costs per Stage IIIC

 

Item

Cost

  1. Primary lesion Tx (biopsy, WLE, pathology, dermatology, surgery, oncology visits)

(15% closure, 60% flaps, 25% grafts)

$2,685.20

+$534.36 +$311.70

  1. Initial systemic workup

$13,836.00

  1. Workup and treatment for SLN $3,521.8 x 32.8% =
    LN recurrence (systemic recurrence included in rate of distant metastases):
    28% PALP = 28% x $4,039.75
    RT adjunctive chemotherapy to SLN = [9.7 x 128%] x $26,000

$1,155.10


$1,131.10

$3,228.20

  1. Workup and treatment for palpable LN: $4,039.75 x 67.2%
    LN recurrence (systemic recurrence included in rate of distant metastases)
    28% x $4,039.75 = $1,131.10
    RT adjunctive chemotherapy to TLND

$2,714.70

 

  1. Workup and Tx for LR 15.6%

(like treatment for primary lesion; no other visits) 15.6%

15.6% x [$2,685.2 + $3,521.8]

 

$1,737.90

  1. Workup and treatment for in-transit metastases 12.9%

(like treatment for physician no other visits) 12.9% x $8,775.20
+ 2 medium excisions
+ 2 surgical visits
+ (SLN) or TLND

 

$1,132.00

  1. Workup and Tx for metastatic disease: 76.7% x $116,294.18

$89,197.64

  1. Surveillance (5 y)

$50,566.44

  1. Patient time costs 471.4hr x 16.00$/hr

$7,542.93

  1. Terminal care costs 76.7% x 14,500.00

$11,121.50

Total

$186,894.77