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The price of a diathermy device can range from. USD $6,000 to $25,000. Because many insurance com-. panies do not provide reimbursement for diathermy. treatments, insufficient revenue is likely to be gener-. ated to cover the cost of acquiring the equipment. Prior to the last 15 years, 7-11,17-25 little research evi-. dence of therapeutic benefit from diathermy existed.
The costs also differed depending on the type of cancer. The most expensive was colon cancer, which cost $45,997 in an office and $46,220 in an HOPD. The average costs for all lengths of treatment (averaging 3.8 months in an office and 3.4 months in an HOPD) ranged from $28,177 in an office to $34,973 in an HOPD.