Cervical cancer - the cost of treatment in Russia and the U.S.

Objective comparison of modern Russian and American medicine (for example, cancer treatment )Russian woman 54 years emigrated from Russia to the United States. 3 months after arrival in the U.S., it appears the bleeding. She appealed for help to the American hospital .
"When visiting a gynecologist in the United States , once the doctor suspects I have a malignancy and biopsies . The results confirmed that I had cancer of the cervix. Gynecologist explained - cervical cancer does not appear suddenly. It caused by a virus and usually by regular inspections it can be prevented . " 

In Russia, she also regularly went to the gynecologist . Russian doctor saw that something was wrong , and sent her to an oncologist for review. But somehow, the Russian oncologist did a biopsy and he said that everything is fine . This or negligence , or professionalism as a Russian gynecologist (in the U.S. itself gynecologist diagnosed ) and oncologist who is also unclear why could not recognize quite a common disease in the initial stage .Maybe it does not have a single case of individual professionalism of doctors , only statistics show that the mortality rate in Russia from cervical cancer is 2-3 times higher than in developed countries .

" I have a suspicion that if she stayed at home, it is likely that her cancer would never have recognized the time, and she would have filled up the sad Russian statistics . "What medical care received this woman in the U.S.? Here is the cost of each procedure ( and in brackets how much she paid for it in the U.S.. )

• - A visit to the gynecologist : $ 156 ($ 0)
• - Cytology $ 77 ($ 0)
• - Ultrasonography $ 259.07 ($ 0)
• - Re- visit to the gynecologist, and biopsy $ 236.23 ($ 50)
• - Operation ( loop electro surgical resection ) under general anesthesia $ 1623 ( $ 262)
• - Analyses / Research Tissue $ 246.05 ($ 0)
• - Computed tomography of $ 274 ( $ 274 )
• - Positron Emission Tomography $ 1200 ( $ 600). By the way, separately about this type of diagnosis . In the United States across the country more than 1000 modern PET - CT machines. Scanning can be done in just a day . In Russia , at least 10 of these machines all over the country , and they are all located in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Therefore, in Russia such testing is rarely done , and the record goes on the months ahead .
• - A visit to the oncologist $ 250 ($ 50)
• - Operation ( robotic hysterectomy ) $ 6300 ($ 0) . From the moment the first treatment to the doctor before the operation , it took 10 weeks.

Total : cost of treatment of cervical cancer, if this woman was treated in Russia, $ 10,631.35 , compared to $ 1,236.0 - the amount that it paid in the United States