Why is radiation so expensive ??

I have private health Insurance but went public too@Jazz26. Some days there were delays but the radition team were professional, thorough and experts at what they do. I had a wonderful rad oncol and the admin staff at the hospital (Peter Mac Sunshine ) were great too.No regrets from me.

As many public hospitals are outsourcing their departments things like this are always an added cost for anyone who struggles to pay private health insurance.
Bloody unfair stupid system.

Its disgraceful.l had private but went public at peter mac no charge

I went private for radiation on Central Coast NSW. 
The only reason was that I told my surgeon (private) that if it was going to cost more than $500, I would switch to public.
She organised for me to go to the radiation clinic in their "team" who agreed to do the 25 cycles for under $400.
I received an account to take to Medicare on two occasions, they gave me a cheque and I paid the difference. I understand from then on I was bulk billed.
Strangely enough, when I took the two accounts with the out of pockets I had paid ($394)  to Medicare, Medicare then refunded an additional $220. I have no idea why, but I was grateful for it.
Apparently you can negotiate with the private clinics, but it helps to have your surgeon on side, and for them to be working in a team arrangement.
I guess it also helped that there was a big Cancer Centre at the public hospital on the other side of the railway line, so they had competition.

I went public in a private hospital for both chemo and radiation. Local public hospital doesn't fo radiation.  No waiting time, everything was done on schedule. No out of pockets.

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I went public.  I had not private cover that would cover it.  I could have paid for private but would have added another pressure I didn't need.  All the best with resolving this.  Everything takes working through in this diagnosis. As if we aren't dealing with enough already.. gentle steps. xo

Private centres charge about 120-130% of the Medicare schedule. The treatment itself is the same but advantages of private are skipping a wait list and you have more control on appointment times. As a Radiation Therapist myself I am going public

Its free in the Public Health system....