Table 3.
Medicaid Total and Incremental 6-Month Fer-Person Cost of Colorectal Cancer Treatment by State and Stage at Diagnosis in 2018 US Dollars
| Total Medicaid cost 1 | Incremental cancer treatment cost 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | Texas | California | Texas | |
| Stage at diagnosis | ||||
| Localized | 32,024 | 31,414 | 31,063 | 28,701 |
| (29,207–34,841) | (28,905–33,922) | (28,208–33,919) | (26,157–31,244) | |
| Regional | 40,495 | 40,258 | 39,834 | 38,212 |
| (38,3 3 0–42,660) | (38,420–42,096) | (37,661 −42,008) | (36,355–40,091) | |
| Distant | 47,832 | 51,802 | 47,161 | 49,634 |
| (45,534–50,131) | (49,459–54,144) | (44,866–49,457) | (47,247–52,021) | |
| Unknown/un staged | 36,582 | 33,074 | 35,293 | 31,116 |
| (27,224–45,940) | (28,926–37,221) | (25,626–44,845) | (26,960–35,271) | |
1
Total Medicaid cost includes all costs for the 6-month period from cancer diagnosis.
2
Incremental cancer treatment cost includes total Medicaid cost for colorectal cancer patients minus cost of noncancer patients matched by age group and sex. We included 2,942 and 1,858 colorectal cancer patients from California and Texas, respectively, who were matched with noncancer patients. In situ cases were excluded as there were very few cases and we were not able to report consistent or reliable estimates.