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Does anyone know what the wholesale cost of one dose of Tysabri is right now? Thanks!
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Does anyone know what the wholesale cost of one dose of Tysabri is right now? Thanks!
The wholesale cost of Tysabri is just below $ 2400.00 When it was initially released, the cost was just over $ 1800.00. But Biogen had to pass on their extra costs from fixing their hasty release to someone!

The big expense comes from the infusions which range anywhere from about $ 2500.00 to over $ 8000.00!!

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Thanks for the price quote. Although my infusion costs $498 a pop. That's a far cry from thousands of dollars.
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Thanks for the price quote. Although my infusion costs $498 a pop. That's a far cry from thousands of dollars.
Is that what you pay for the infusion or what the insurance company is billed? I haven't heard of infusion costs this low. The highest cost I've seen is from one MS patient in Alaska who was paying about $ 8000.00 per session!!!

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I heard that Rush in Chicago charges more than 10k per infusion.
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Is that what you pay for the infusion or what the insurance company is billed? I haven't heard of infusion costs this low. The highest cost I've seen is from one MS patient in Alaska who was paying about $ 8000.00 per session!!!

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I get my infusion either in AZ or CO at hospitals-they are paid approx $490 per infusion and $2,000 for med-this is thru Medicare.
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I wasn't clear enough. $498 is billed to my insurance each month for the infusion process. This does not include cost of drug which I get through my prescription drug plan through a specialty pharmacy. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO.

Maybe it is less expensive since I get it at my doctor's office and not through a freestanding infusion clinic? (they do call it an infusion clinic though since other people are around me getting it too).
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I wasn't clear enough. $498 is billed to my insurance each month for the infusion process. This does not include cost of drug which I get through my prescription drug plan through a specialty pharmacy. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO.

Maybe it is less expensive since I get it at my doctor's office and not through a freestanding infusion clinic? (they do call it an infusion clinic though since other people are around me getting it too).
I'm still trying to figure out why one infusion center will charge about $ 500 for the process and we read some charge as much as $ 10,000.!! Doesn't make any sense at all.

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