Skip to main content
. 2023 Jan 16;21:5. doi: 10.1186/s12962-023-00416-0

Table 2.

Direct medical costs of bladder cancer in terms of diagnostic and treatment procedures in Iran (2018)

Stage Cost ($)
White-light-guided TURBT (including patology, visit, drug, …) Intravesical mitomycin C Urologist visit BCG therapy Imaging & Lab services Radical cystectomy Chemotherapy& radiotherapy Total
Ta low 2,556,120 154,564 134,128 0.00 1,027,200 0.00 0.00 3,872,013
Ta High 1,278,060 0.00 44,106 1,090,376.86 422,090 0.00 0.00 2,834,633
T1 1,825,800 0.00 57,185 1,479,149.19 549,481 0.00 0.00 3,911,615
CIS 456,450 0.00 27,290 722,494.61 263,628 0.00 0.00 1,469,863
NMIBC recurrent 2,246,918 119,690 72,007 1,117,765.53 618,192 0.00 0.00 4,174,573
T2–T3 418,141 0.00 88,783 0.00 1,144,568 5,728,305 1,125,251 8,505,048
Metastases 105,407 0.00 59,837 0.00 820,590 0.00 2,904,332 3,890,166
Total 8,886,896 274,254 483,337 4,409,786.19 4,845,749 5,728,305 4,029,583 28,657,910
Percent of total 31.01 0.96 1.69 15.39 16.91 19.99 14.06 100.00