Table 1 Costs associated with bladder cancer: Cost Components and Unit cost. Time horizon: from 4 months prior to radical cystectomy until 1 year after surgerya
Procedure | Unit costb | Source |
|---|---|---|
PRE-SURGERY | ||
Pre-urologist consultations | ||
• Physician fees | $ 50 | Bladder cancer cohort |
Range: $ 15.20 – $ 94.4 | ||
Post-urologist consultations | ||
• Physician fees | $ 50 | Bladder cancer cohort |
Range: $ 15.20 – $ 94.4 | ||
Urologist consultations | ||
• Physician fees | $ 40 | Bladder cancer cohort |
Range: $16.9 – 45.6 | ||
Cystoscopies | ||
• Physician fees | $ 50.9 | RAMQ reimbursement act code list (10,11) |
• Procedure fees | $ 192.3 | Quebec MSSS (14) |
• Urinary cytology | $ 87 | MUHC administration |
TURBT | ||
• Physician fees | $ 208 | RAMQ reimbursement act code list (10,11) |
• Hospitalization | $ 1371 | Quebec MSSS (14) |
• Anesthesia physician fees | $ 150 | RAMQ reimbursement act code list (10,11) |
• Pathology report | $ 40 | MUHC administration |
Imaging | ||
• Physician fees | $ 45 | Bladder cancer cohort |
Range: $ 16.5 - $200 | ||
RADICAL CYSTECTOMY | ||
• Physician fees | $ 1 880 | RAMQ reimbursement act code list (10,11) |
• Hospitalization | $ 14 855 | Quebec MSSS (14) |
• Anesthesia physician fees | $ 1 160 | RAMQ reimbursement act code list (10,11) |
• Pathology report | $ 450 | MUHC administration |
POST-SURGERY | ||
Post-operative consultations | ||
• Physician fees | $ 50 | Bladder cancer cohort |
Range: $ 15.20 – $ 94.4 | ||
Post-operative urologist consultations | ||
• Physician fees | $ 40 | Bladder cancer cohort |
Range: $16.9 – 45.6 | ||
Post-operative medical oncologist consultations | ||
• Physician fees | $ 39 | Bladder cancer cohort |
Range: $ 16.9 - $ 98 | ||
Post-operative imaging | ||
• Physician fees | $ 45 | Bladder cancer cohort |
Range: $ 16.5 - $200 | ||
Post-operative complications | ||
• Physician fees | $ 550 | Bladder cancer cohort |
Range: $ 61.5 - $ 1184 | ||
• Hospitalization | $ 1371 | Quebec MSSS (14) |