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Will Medicare cover cancer treatment 100%?
While 鈥渃ancer treatment鈥� is likely too broad of a category to respond definitively, Medicare鈥檚 coverage website has a fairly useful tool () and alphabetical list of covered services (). I just looked at chemotherapy (), but even that one treatment has the following notes:
鈥�Your doctor or other health care provider may recommend you get services more often than Medicare covers. Or, they may recommend services that Medicare doesn鈥檛 cover. If this happens, you may have to pay some or all of the costs. Ask questions so you understand why your doctor is recommending certain services and if, or how much, Medicare will pay for them.
Find out cost
To find out how much your test, item, or service will cost, talk to your doctor or health care provider. The specific amount you鈥檒l owe may depend on several things, like:
- Other insurance you may have
- How much your doctor charges
- If your doctor accepts assignment
- The type of facility
- Where you get your test, item, or service鈥�
Therefore, the answer to the original question is likely a 鈥渘o,鈥� unfortunately.
