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@tomewilson

My wife has had 3 NETSPOT's or GA-68 gallium scans in 2017 and 2018. The first test was on 5/25/17 at Mayo Rochester. The cost was $18,547 of which $6380 was for the gallium. The second UW Health in Madison, WI was $17,063 and the gallium was $5670. The third and final was on 3/27/18 at Mayo Rochester for a total cost of $15,636 with gallium representing $6264 of the cost. Based on 3 scans, the average cost was $17,082 of which the gallium represented 36% of the cost or $6,105 on average. The scan itself was about 2 to 2.5 hours start to finish. My wife used to be pretty claustrophobic, so she takes 2 mg of Lorazepam and has no issues, except being sleepy when its over. The worst part (as we all know) is the scanxiety waiting for the results.

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@tomewilson

Thanks for the information on your wife's experiences. From what I understand the test lasts several hours, with an injection and then several hours of a wait before the scanning. Was this her experience as well?

Were most of the costs covered by insurance? Did the tests give the treating doctors good information?

Teresa