Component 1 | | |
Initial office consultation, urology | 77 | RAMQ‡ list (25) |
Initial office consultation, radiation oncology | 133 | RAMQ‡ list (25) |
Component 2 | | |
Urologist reimbursement for prostate biopsy | 78 | RAMQ‡ list (25) |
Prostate biopsy (based on 12-sample needle core) |
Pathology | 158 | MUHC: unpublished data, 2012 |
Professional and technical fees | 183 | MUHC: unpublished data, 2012 |
Prostate analysis after surgery (prostatectomy with obturator lymph nodes) | | |
Pathology | 204 | MUHC: unpublished data, 2012 |
Professional and technical fees | 640 | MUHC: unpublished data, 2012 |
PSA test | 11 | MUHC: unpublished data, 2012 |
Component 3 | | |
Office visits, urology | 59 | RAMQ‡ list (25) |
Office visits, radiation oncology | 44 | RAMQ‡ list (25) |
Urologist reimbursement for radical prostatectomy | 922 | RAMQ‡ list (25) |
Radiation oncologist reimbursement for radiotherapy | | |
Computed tomography planning and IGRT plan | 1010 | RAMQ‡ list (25) |
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy session (includes office visit, image fusion and checking) | 81 | RAMQ‡ list (25) |
Dose planning, ultrasonography guidance and interstitial implant (brachytherapy) | 735 | RAMQ‡ list (25) |
Component 4 | | |
Medication costs (goserelin acetate implant every 3 mo) | 1088 | RAMQ‡ list (26) |
Nursing (average salary/mo) | 6667 | MUHC: unpublished data, 2012 |
Component 5 | | |
Surgical procedure* | 4547 | Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux; (27) Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux: unpublished data, 2012§ |
Brachytherapy procedure (palladium-103) including seeds cost* | 6700 | CETS; (28) Canadian Patient Cost Database (29) |
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy procedure† | 7402 | MUHC: unpublished data, 2012 |
Component 6 | | |
Anesthesia for surgery | 650 | MUHC: unpublished data, 2012 |
Anesthesia for brachytherapy | 250 | MUHC: unpublished data, 2012 |