Recommendations for the "Newly Diagnosed" Prostate Cancer Patient 1. Do Not Panic! Many of us have been down this road before, and there is much to learn...
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Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Aug 1, 2008 10:59 am
I had breakfast yesterday with a friend of more than 40 years, who was treated at UFPTI. He had very aggressive PCA, Gleason 9, high PSA. Dr. Carlos Vargas,...
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Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Aug 1, 2008 11:12 am
Wow! I just rechecked the Web site for this new location for protons and discovered that there will be TWIN facilities, but that now the target date is 2011,...
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john sandberg
jdsand53
Aug 1, 2008 1:14 pm
In the next few years there may be four proton centers just in South Florida! The two mentioned & ProCure's in The Boca area, plus the one at Broward General...
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charles coryn
corynski
Aug 1, 2008 1:41 pm
Let's hear it for South Florida. Right on, that's where all the Q-tips live, in South Florida, the land of perpetual wait. I managed to escape from Lake...
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johnshea2001
Aug 1, 2008 5:35 pm
Glad to see you are aboard. John...
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n4lq
Aug 1, 2008 9:16 pm
FYI MPRI says the cost for PC protron thereapy typically runs about $207,000. Cash paying customers are offered a 20% discount. Deals are negociated with the...
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Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Aug 1, 2008 9:22 pm
I think that you will find that this figure varies tremendously with the facility. So called "non-profit" institutions have seemingly a lower figure. Fuller ...
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rick otey
ricksdetailing
Aug 1, 2008 9:30 pm
My treatment was around $130,000 three years ago at MPRI. United Healthcare picked up the whole tab. A good friend of mine paid for all of the gas for the...
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George
geebuschcp4
Aug 1, 2008 10:15 pm
I go to UFPTI on Monday for my three day visit and I will be told on Wednesday when I actually start my treatments. They called me this morning and wanted to...
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n4lq
Aug 1, 2008 11:12 pm
George I get my seed(s) installed on Monday then treatment at MPRI begins a few weeks later. That 5 week treatment sounds enticing. Steve Ellington ...
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charles coryn
corynski
Aug 2, 2008 12:46 am
Thanks for the information, George I'll be a few weeks behind you at UFPI as I'm just getting my colonoscopy in the next few weeks and should have my 3 day...
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John Shuey
jshuey44
Aug 2, 2008 12:54 pm
Goodness... At LL my cost (90% + paid by UHC) was 80k. I also know that a couple of guys who paid cash paid the same amount, which was about a 40% discount ...
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Laurel
yellow_laurel
Aug 2, 2008 3:09 pm
Gregg and I paid out of pocket for the proton therapy at Loma Linda. Kaiser so far, will not pay. The cost to us as "uninsured" was $38,000. This was a year...
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Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Aug 2, 2008 4:43 pm
Charley: The T Stage has really nothing to do with Gleason Score, which is solely determined from the biopsy. You can read about "T Staging" and Gleason...
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shedorman@...
sheila_dorman
Aug 2, 2008 5:21 pm
Dear Laurel, Thank you so much for the kind words. I tried to get answers to all my husband's questions and with the help of this group I did. My husband is...
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charles coryn
corynski
Aug 2, 2008 10:08 pm
Fuller Thanks for the correction about the T stage and the Gleason. The doctor didn't mention seeing my biopsy samples yet so he couldn't comment on those,...
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sharon93_19008
Aug 2, 2008 10:12 pm
Did anyone try calling on Friday? What was the outcome? Sharon...
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Darren Cole
darrenscole
Aug 3, 2008 12:55 am
I tried calling (909-558-4244) and did get through. I started calling about 7:50am. At 8:00am I got through to the Radiation Oncology department. I told...
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galady3744
Aug 3, 2008 3:39 am
The list price (or self-pay) is typically the reasonable and customary fee for service or lab cost, as determined by insurance companies. Each insurance...
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Sharon Gordon
sharon93_19008
Aug 3, 2008 7:28 am
Hi Darren, Try calling again on Monday morning at the same time. The usual day for admissions has been the first Monday of the month, but I had been given the...
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rick otey
ricksdetailing
Aug 3, 2008 11:36 am
United Healthcare paid 100% of my treatment three years ago. Things may have changed since that time. You're right, insurance companies try to get by with...
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n4lq
Aug 3, 2008 11:55 am
Galady3744 I'm just getting started here but I do have BCBS. They agree to pay for protons and I have it in writing. It's an 80-20 plan but I have an annual...
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Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Aug 3, 2008 1:12 pm
Hi Karen, I also have Medicare and BC/BS. My Medicare paid 80% and BS/BS paid the remaining 20%. I had no out of pocket expense except the considerable cost...
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Sharon Gordon
sharon93_19008
Aug 3, 2008 2:43 pm
Hi Karen, My husband is a proton patient at LLUMC now and BC/BS is paying the entire cost with no copays. The woman in the financial office told us she has...
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Rick Otey
ricksdetailing
Aug 4, 2008 4:58 pm
Please welcome Swatch Lover to our group. Please tell the group what you prefer to be called and some information about your diagnosis, PSA, Gleason score,...
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Rick Otey
ricksdetailing
Aug 4, 2008 5:03 pm
Recently someone mentioned on this site that there were plans for another proton center in Florida. Miami was mentioned and then someone else mention one in...
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Fuller Jones
protoninfo
Aug 4, 2008 6:32 pm
Hiyer Rick, & thanks, been out. http://www.southfloridaprotoncenter.com/article1 for the TWP Miami area ...
In preparation for proton treatment at MPRI, I had my tracking seed installed today. The doctor at MPRI told me it was really a coil, not to be confused with...
