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The Cost of Positron Emission Tomography in Six United States Veterans Affairs Hospitals and Two Academic Medical Centers

Magdalena Berger1,2, Michael K. Gould1,3 and Paul G. Barnett1,2,3

1 VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 795 Willow Rd. (152 MPD), Menlo Park, CA 94025.
2 VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, VA HSR&D Health Economics Resource Center, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
3 Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94305.



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  		Fig. 1. —Graph shows cost per scan compared with scan volume. Dashed line represents the national 2000 Medicare reimbursement rate of $2185 for one lung PET scan [8]. {blacktriangleup} = manufactured FDG, {blacksquare} = purchased FDG.

 


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  		Fig. 2. —Graph shows FDG cost per dose compared with dose volume. {diamondsuit} = average price per FDG dose at each center.

 

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