Experts at the University of California Medical Center, from the perspective of their respective fields, comprehensively analyzed and carefully evaluated Deborah Clark's condition, and believed that her pancreatic tumor was detected in a timely manner, and comprehensive treatment can bring hope for a cure.

The consultation lasted more than an hour before it was over.

Then, based on the results of the discussions, Dr. Claudford finally developed a high-level treatment plan, that is, "sausage cut into three sections": neoadjuvant chemotherapy to shrink the tumor, followed by surgery, and chemotherapy after surgery to consolidate and reduce the probability of recurrence.

Dr. Claudford carefully explained the treatment plan to Mr. and Mrs. Clark, and as she listened, Mrs. Karaka was suddenly shocked!

"Wait!" Mrs. Clark interrupted Dr. Claudeford's remarks.

"How?"

"What's going on?"

Mr. Clark and Dr. Claudford looked at her in unison.

Mrs. Clark took out a folded document from her bag, opened it, flipped through it a few times, and said with a face full of disbelief: "Dr. Claudeford, you, you ......"

"What's wrong with me?" Dr. Claudford asked, surprised.

Mrs. Clark said, "I have a cure here, almost exactly like what you just described!" ”

"Impossible!" Dr. Claudford was stunned for a moment, but then said, "Have you been to another big hospital?" If so, then there is nothing surprising, because for this serious disease, there are not too many options for the treatment that is really suitable, and it is normal for different paths to end up together! ”

Mrs. Clark shook her head slightly, and said, "But...... We went to a small clinic......

"What? How can it be? Now, it was Dr. Claudeford's turn to be shocked, and he quickly snatched the treatment plan from Mrs. Clark's hand, and then read it carefully!

This look is even more shocking and inexplicable!

My God! Could it be that our multidisciplinary consultation and carefully discussed diagnosis and treatment plan have actually leaked secrets?

Although he just said that other experts from major hospitals may give similar treatment plans, the other party is only a small clinic!

"You're not going to the Mayo Clinic, are you?" Dr. Claudford asked, unrelenting.

The Mayo Clinic, called The Clinic, is actually a super hospital! It's also ranked above the University of California Medical Center!

Mrs. Clark said, "No, it's the Iris Clinic on Powell Street in San Francisco." Well, that clinic is very small, now there is only one young doctor and two small nurses. ”

"What?" Dr. Claudford was stunned, his gold-wire glasses almost fell off, and his heart was turned upside down!

If, a few days later, the couple brought a similar treatment plan, saying that it came from a small clinic, he would definitely suspect that the other party had copied them. It may be through some unknown channel. For example, some students have interned here, secretly watched it, or sat on the side during the consultation.

However, it had just finished the meeting, and the other thing was that the treatment plan that Mrs. Clark had taken out was obviously crumpled, at least a day or two in advance!

So, a leak is never possible! Rather, the other party really has this level!

Dr. Claudford was stunned for a full four or five minutes before he finally came to his senses, regaining his expert demeanor and feeling that he had really been rude. So he smiled and said to the Clarks, "The clinic you went to is quite amazing, well, what's the doctor's name?" ”

"His name is Zhou Qiao, and he is a young Chinese boy." Mrs. Clark said.

"Zhou Qiao?" Dr. Claudford shook his head, saying in his heart that he hadn't heard of it. But Zhou Qiao, the peculiar name of a Chinese doctor, was imprinted in his mind from this moment on, and he was quite impressed.

"Well, I'd better go ahead and tell you about the treatment and the drugs used!" Dr. Claudford said.

……

After half an hour, the Clarkes finally had a rough idea of the way forward.

"It's too late today, you can come over tomorrow for the early chemotherapy. Well, you don't need to be hospitalized for early chemotherapy, and you can go home and rest on the same day after you finish it during the day. Dr. Claudeford said after the introduction.

Day chemotherapy is quite popular in the United States. And during chemotherapy, I usually talk and laugh with my friends, drink coffee, listen to music, eat ice cream, or put my feet up, chase a new drama, see a happy place, laugh, or take a nap...... Instead of the impression that everyone has a sad face, lying sick in the ward, sighing and sighing for chemotherapy.

An optimistic mood helps to recover from the disease.

"Okay, thank you, doctor."

"Thank you, Doctor! In addition, I would like to ask how much it will cost if I am treated at your hospital. Mr. Clark asked.

Dr. Claudford groaned slightly, and said, "The cost of treatment for a year is about $3.78 million, of course, according to your health insurance information, you only need to pay about 4% of the cost, which is about $15,000." ”

"Oh, thank you, doctor."

After they went out, they did not go home immediately, but sat on a chair in a corner of the hospital lobby, took out two treatment plans, and compared them one by one. This treatment plan, of course, can be taken away, and they have already paid the bill today! The cost of the treatment plan is also included, which is worth thousands of dollars!

Of course, the out-of-pocket fee was paid only about eight hundred dollars. I have to say that the cost of diagnosis and treatment at the University of California Medical Center is expensive!

The two treatment plans are really the same, even if there are differences, they are also minor differences, and even the drugs used are almost identical.

However, Zhou Qiao's treatment plan, on the last page, there is a line of small print, which is the price estimate of this treatment plan.

The Clarkes had just seen it at this time.

The small print was an estimate of the cost of the entire treatment, and according to Mrs. Clark's health insurance information, it was estimated that after deducting the cost of medical insurance, the couple would only have to pay about $5,000 out of pocket at the Iris Clinic!

In other words, the University of California Medical Center is three times more expensive!

Such a price is really advantageous! After all, although the Clarkes have a good pension, they use as much as they want, go on vacation every year, eat, drink and have fun, they can be called moonshine people, and they hardly save much. It doesn't cost more than $3,000.

In fact, this is true for most Americans. They don't have the concept of saving money from an early age. Unlike the Chinese, if you don't have a deposit, you will be extra anxious.