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The price of a diathermy device can range from. USD $6,000 to $25,000. Because many insurance com-. panies do not provide reimbursement for diathermy. treatments, insufficient revenue is likely to be gener-. ated to cover the cost of acquiring the equipment. Prior to the last 15 years, 7-11,17-25 little research evi-. dence of therapeutic benefit from diathermy existed.
In New York City, where over 3,500 patients with latent TB infection per year are eligible to receive the new regimen in its public clinics, the drug costs alone would be over $443,380, instead of just over $100,000 in total costs for the nine months of isoniazid alone.