Continuous Positive Airway Pressure is the most popular and effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. It works by pushing air into the back of the throat where throat tissues collapse during sleep. It acts by âsplintingâ the airway open allowing for inhaling and exhaling of air.
1 Chemotherapy often is combined with radiation for treating advanced cervical cancer. 2  Chemotherapy typically costs $10,000-$200,000, depending on which drugs are used, how they are administered and the number of treatments required. A study published in the journal Gynecologic Oncology reports that a commonly used treatment for cervical cancer, the chemotherapy drug Cisplatin combined with radiation, typically costs about $40,000 total, while adding the drug Gemcitabine increased the total cost to more than $60,000.
Costs of Cancer. Newly approved cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 per month, with some therapies topping $30,000 per month, according to ASCO, which discussed the costs of cancer care at a recent meeting. Just a decade ago, the average cost per month of new drugs was about $4,500. Patients typically pay 20 to 30 percent out of pocket for drugs, so an average year's worth of new drugs would cost $24,000 to $36,000 in addition to health insurance premiums.