Yes, there are other options. You can get a US Passport book that is valid for 10 years and allows for land, sea and air travel anywhere in the world. It costs $110.00 and a mandatory $25 processing fee.
1 The average cost for treating lung cancer is around $7,000 to $40,000 per year. 2  The costs highly depend on if no active treatments are needed or if chemo is required. 3  It will also vary by the stage and histologic type. It will also vary by the stage and histologic type. 2  On average, the costs of lung cancer treatment hover around $1,500 to $3,200 per month without insurance. 3  Patients who survive through the first year incur the costs of initial treatment of around $26,000 for the first three months or $35,000 for the whole year.
For all other types of cancers during the same time period, the average yearly cost for treatment increased by 25 percent, or five times slower than the cost of skin cancer. From 2002 to 2006 the treatment costs for skin cancer increased $3.6 billion, and from 2007 to 2011 the costs increased to $8.1 billion.