Table 3.

Costs of oral/oropharyngeal cancer in Medicaid and commercial insurance cohorts.

	Medicaid mean	Medicaid median	Medicaid chemo mean	Medicaid chemo median	Medicaid dental mean	Medicaid dental median
2016	$8,500.15	$566.00	$2,906.63	$269.10	$125.70	$0.00
2017	$9,442.12	$653.39	$1,794.66	$259.19	$127.49	$0.00
2018	$9,061.78	$588.25	$1,407.13	$239.25	$123.49	$0.00
2019	$9,472.19	$615.51	$1,736.11	$183.70	$118.77	$0.00

	Commercial mean	Commercial median	Commercial chemo mean	Commercial chemo median	Commercial dental mean	Commercial dental median
2016	$22,255.76	$926.45	$2,865.71	$362.31	$467.49	$264.00
2017	$22,433.61	$1,079.86	$3,577.75	$342.93	$466.02	$267.20
2018	$21,105.34	$1,060.22	$1,972.90	$314.79	$472.97	$260.00
2019	$23,744.70	$1,140.21	$3,577.75	$342.93	$477.65	$254.40