Financial Assistance for Breast Cancer Patients

If you or someone you love is living with a breast cancer diagnosis, you’re facing a complex landscape of emotional and mental challenges, physical stressors, treatment options, and associated costs.

To help understand the financial reality of living with breast cancer, this post will explain the average cost of breast cancer care and treatment, the costs insurance may not fully cover, and how to get help through a verified breast cancer medical fundraising campaign.

The Cost of Breast Cancer Treatment

Some breast cancer treatments may be covered by insurance–but before health insurance, a mastectomy can cost between $15,000 and $50,000. A lumpectomy followed by radiation can range from $17,000 to $35,000. Chemotherapy costs can total $10,000 – $100,000 depending on the number of treatments, method of administration, and selection of drugs.

*The cost of chemotherapy can vary greatly depending on the regimens. Regimens using biologics (types of regimens extracted from, or semi-synthesized from biological sources) often have higher mean costs than regimens not using biologics.

Common Costs Associated with Breast Cancer Treatment

There are many costs beyond immediate treatment expenses that a breast cancer patient may take on – and some of these costs may only be partially covered by insurance:

• Medications
• Medical travel expenses for therapy or treatment
• Relocation or moving expenses due to diagnosis (such as in the case of moving to be closer to a therapy center or hospital for treatment)
• Temporary housing due to medical relocation
• Mileage, tolls, and parking fees for visits to therapy center or hospital
• Home health care services and caregiving
• Experimental treatments

Finding Financial Assistance for Breast Cancer Patients

Breast cancer medical expenses associated with breast cancer procedures, rehabilitation funding for therapy, and long-term health care costs will vary depending on the situation. However, regardless of the specifics, the expenses can add up quickly for patients and their families.

Help Hope Live is your community-based fundraising source to assist with the unmet medical expenses and related costs that can result from living with breast cancer.

Turn to Help Hope Live for Financial Assistance for Breast Cancer Patients

Through community-based fundraising, our nonprofit organization is dedicated to helping you raise funds for the medical expenses associated with surgery or ongoing support for breast cancer.

How Does Fundraising for Breast Cancer Work?

The fundraising process with our nonprofit starts with a few simple steps:

1. Complete a short campaign request at helphopelive.org/get-started/apply
2. We will contact you if community-based fundraising is a possible option
3. You’ll be paired with a Client Services Coordinator
4. Your Coordinator will provide you with one-on-one fundraising help, including personalized materials and guidance on rallying your community, sharing your story on social media, reaching out to the press, planning in-person or virtual fundraising events, and much more.