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The switch could also save patients $5 billion in insurance copayments, according to a new study in Health Affairs. Ranibizumab, more commonly known by its brand name Lucentis, is delivered as an injection to the eye and runs about $2,023 per dose.Many patients require up to 12 injections per year. That's why some doctors choose to prescribe the much cheaper drug Avastin (bevacizumab) instead, which costs around $55 per dose.n 2010, the combined cost of using Avastin and Lucentis to treat eye disorders was around $2 billion â or about one-sixth of the entire Medicare Part B drug budget.
All financial analyses were performed with true cost data rather than charge data. Cost information was obtained from the hospital administrationâs Product Line Management System. Drug supply costs included $3.11 per heparin bag and $12.78 per 30-mg syringe of enoxaparin.Costs for laboratory monitoring of heparin were calculated by multiplying the number of PTTs ordered while the patient was on heparin by the cost of 1 PTT ($19.63).Costs for hospital bed were estimated by using a mean acuity level bed cost for a nonmonitored, semiprivate bed ($655).ll financial analyses were performed with true cost data rather than charge data. Cost information was obtained from the hospital administrationâs Product Line Management System. Drug supply costs included $3.11 per heparin bag and $12.78 per 30-mg syringe of enoxaparin.