Table 4.
National cost estimates by phases of care and cancer site for medical services and oral prescription drugs in 2015. Phases of care are: initial, first 12 months after each diagnosis; end-of-life (EOL), the 12 months before death, and the continuing, the months in-between the initial and the EOL phases. Costs in 2019 billion dollars.
| 2015 National Costs in 2019 Billion Dollars |
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| Medical Services (Part A &B) |
Oral Prescription Drugs (Part D) |
Medical services and oral prescription drugs |
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| Site | Initial | Cont. | EOL-Cancer | EOL-Non cancer | Total | Initial | Cont. | EOL-Cancer | EOL-Non cancer | Total | Initial | Cont. | EOL-Cancer | EOL-Non cancer | Total |
| All Sites | $47.80 | $68.19 | $40.04 | $8.77 | $164.81 | $2.07 | $13.69 | $1.62 | $0.46 | $17.84 | $49.87 | $81.88 | $41.67 | $9.23 | $182.65 |
| Bladder | $1.77 | $3.80 | $1.40 | $0.57 | $7.54 | $0.05 | $0.34 | $0.02 | $0.01 | $0.39 | $1.82 | $4.14 | $1.42 | $0.58 | $7.93 |
| Breast | $8.24 | $10.59 | $3.35 | $0.61 | $22.79 | $0.28 | $2.54 | $0.12 | $0.04 | $2.74 | $8.51 | $13.13 | $3.47 | $0.65 | $25.53 |
| Cervix Uteri | $0.63 | $1.00 | $0.37 | $0.15 | $2.15 | $0.00 | −$0.15 | $0.00 | $0.00 | - | $0.58 | $0.92 | $0.34 | $0.14 | $1.98 |
| Colorectal | $7.83 | $7.29 | $4.68 | $1.09 | $20.89 | $0.06 | $0.36 | $0.06 | $0.01 | $0.46 | $7.89 | $7.65 | $4.75 | $1.10 | $21.35 |
| Hodgkin | $0.72 | $1.86 | $0.20 | $0.09 | $2.88 | $0.03 | $0.12 | $0.01 | $0.00 | $0.14 | $0.75 | $1.98 | $0.20 | $0.09 | $3.02 |
| Kidney | $1.79 | $3.41 | $1.26 | $0.37 | $6.83 | $0.10 | $0.80 | $0.16 | $0.02 | $1.00 | $1.90 | $4.21 | $1.42 | $0.39 | $7.83 |
| Leukemia | $1.67 | $4.02 | $2.59 | $0.42 | $8.69 | $0.24 | $2.18 | $0.09 | $0.04 | $2.35 | $1.91 | $6.19 | $2.68 | $0.46 | $11.05 |
| Lung | $5.08 | $3.96 | $8.87 | $0.76 | $18.67 | $0.27 | $0.88 | $0.37 | $0.03 | $1.43 | $5.35 | $4.84 | $9.24 | $0.79 | $20.10 |
| Melanoma | $0.66 | $2.74 | $0.74 | $0.09 | $4.23 | $0.05 | $0.38 | $0.04 | $0.01 | $0.44 | $0.71 | $3.12 | $0.78 | $0.10 | $4.67 |
| Non-Hodgkin | $4.51 | $6.85 | $3.02 | $0.59 | $14.98 | $0.10 | $0.38 | $0.06 | $0.01 | $0.51 | $4.61 | $7.23 | $3.08 | $0.61 | $15.48 |
| Oral Cavity | $1.80 | $1.62 | $1.46 | $0.24 | $5.12 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.01 | $0.00 | $0.05 | $1.82 | $1.64 | $1.47 | $0.14 | $5.17 |
| Ovary | $1.39 | $2.64 | $1.45 | $0.12 | $5.59 | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.01 | $0.00 | $0.05 | $1.41 | $2.66 | $1.46 | $0.14 | $5.65 |
| Prostate | $7.38 | $6.88 | $2.29 | $0.67 | $17.23 | $0.10 | $1.05 | $0.18 | $0.07 | $1.29 | $7.48 | $7.93 | $2.47 | $0.75 | $18.52 |
| Thyroid | $1.13 | $2.76 | $0.25 | $0.15 | $4.29 | $0.05 | $0.64 | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.65 | $1.18 | $3.40 | $0.26 | $0.15 | $4.94 |
| Uterus | $1.91 | $1.95 | $0.97 | $0.21 | $5.04 | $0.01 | $0.00 | $0.01 | $0.00 | $0.02 | $1.92 | $0.14 | $0.98 | $0.14 | $5.05 |