The average cost of pediatric cancer care is $850,000.

The cost of pediatric cancer care can destroy a family financially.

• The average cost of a pediatric bone marrow biopsy is $13,463.
• The average cost of a pediatric transfusion is $1,951.
• As of 2019, individual drugs routinely cost in the range of $150,000 per year, and combination regimens often involve two or three drugs, EACH at that price.
• Treatments with newer agents such as CAR-T cells could exceed $1,000,000 per patient for the initial month of treatment, when costs of all drugs and care are considered.

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