Table 3.

Mean monthly cost estimates for surgery by histology and AJCC stage at diagnosis

	Total cost (95% CI)	Patient‐liability cost (95% CI)
Adenocarcinoma
Stage I	$70 280 ($58 891‐$81 670)	$3010 ($2565‐$3455)
Stage II	$54 854 ($49 992‐$59 715)	$2300 ($2140‐$2459)
Stage III	$60 599 ($43 103‐$78 096)	$2261 ($1995‐$2528)
Stage IV	$55 328 ($31 995‐$78 660)	$2165 ($1357‐$2972)
Squamous cell carcinoma
Stage I	$84 538 ($54 642‐$114 433)	$3140 ($2230‐$4049)
Stage II	$59 494 ($48 507‐$70 482)	$2536 ($2123‐$2948)
Stage III	$73 274 ($33 327‐$113 220)	$3541 ($867‐$6216)
Stage IV	$43 992 ($18 566‐$69 418)	$1468 ($783‐$2153)

Abbreviation: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer.