TABLE 3

Costs and Annual Disutilities for Health States Considered in Our Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

InterventionUnit costs in USD ($)SourceAnnual disutility (range)
PSA screening33.86Medicare
mpMRI964.21Medicare
Hybrid 18F-choline PET/mpMRI1,414.13Medicare
Standard prostate biopsy*2,953.67Medicare
Combined prostate biopsy3,018.35Medicare
Post-biopsy infection-related hospitalization6,361.31(36) (15)
Staging1,059.28Medicare
Active surveillance – standard biopsy (per year)1,642.58Medicare
Active surveillance – combined biopsy (per year)1,674.92Medicare
Prostatectomy15,752.37(23)
Distant-stage initial treatment17,831.29(24)
Distant-stage management (per year)2,500.65(24)
Other cause of death5,975.15(37)
Prostate cancer death (age <65)103,884.24(37)
Prostate cancer death (age ≥65)69,256.16(37)
Health state
PSA screening(25)0.00019 (0.0–0.00019)
PET/mpMRI(28) (25)0.00077 (0.00038–0.0012)
Biopsy(25)0.00577 (0.00346–0.0075)
Postbiopsy infection(27) (25)0.0161 (0.00969–0.0291)
Diagnosis(25)0.0167 (0.0125–0.0208)
Prostatectomy(25)0.247 (0.0917–0.323)
Postprostatectomy recovery(25)0.05 (0.0–0.07)
Active surveillance(25)0.03 (0.0–0.15)
Palliative therapy(25)0.4 (0.14–0.76)
Terminal illness(25)0.3 (0.3–0.38)
  • * Includes professional, technical, and facility fees; pathology costs; and office visit.

  • Includes professional, technical, and facility fees; pathology costs; office visit; and 3-dimensional reconstruction.

  • Assumed to include an annual office visit, annual PSA test, and biopsy every two years