“Well, what patients pay is zero. What the health care system pays is a quarter million dollars.”
The People's Pharmacy · Health & Longevity · October 2026
Context
The hosts asked how much the radioisotope prostate cancer drug Pluvicto costs. Armstrong separates what an insured patient pays from what the health system pays.
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The People's Pharmacy
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Andrew Armstrong
It is.
Joe Graedon
How much?
Andrew Armstrong
Well, what patients pay is zero. What the health care system pays is a quarter million dollars.
Joe Graedon
If you have insurance.
Andrew Armstrong
Yes. So it does require good health care insurance. And it's not available in all parts of the world because, you know, in America, we can afford these things, or maybe we can't, but we do anyway.
Joe Graedon
How much better do patients do on pluvicto compared to traditional treatments or in addition to traditional treatments? There's
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