Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Sex Med. 2015 Mar 2;12(4):975–984. doi: 10.1111/jsm.12848

Table 6.

Projected Costs of Screening and Treatment Over 20 Years

Cost Variable Cost
Cost of CVD Screening for One Man $ 138.20
Avg. Cost of Acute CVD Treatment for One Man $ 11,602.00
Avg. Cost of ED treatment per Man $ 6,220.00
Total Cost of Screening $ 2,635,114,372.73
Total Treatment Costs Avoided Through CV Event Reduction $ 21,293,421,419.28
Total Treatment Costs Avoided by Reducing ED Incidence $ 9,847,292,752.60
Net Savings $ 28,505,599,799.15
Return on Screening Investment 10.8

CVD – cardiovascular disease, ED – erectile dysfunction, CV – cardiovascular