By the USPSTF’s estimates, it takes 1,904 women in their 40s being screened for a decade to save the life of one woman whose cancer would have gone undetected. As science journalist Merrill Goozner observes, that means that it costs as much as $20 million – not counting the interventions for false-positive results – for every life saved by regular mammograms for women in their 40s.
That’s 19,040 mammograms for $20m, or about $1000/mammogram. Which is wrong. Mammograms cost about $100 for the uninsured.
This source claims that the relevant mamograms cost $20 million per life saved… we could find much cheaper ways to save a life
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That’s 19,040 mammograms for $20m, or about $1000/mammogram. Which is wrong. Mammograms cost about $100 for the uninsured.