What is the cost of blood cancer treatment in India?

On average, the blood cancer treatment cost in India is around INR 10,93,461 (USD 13,693). Chemotherapy is the most common treatment for blood cancer.

When you factor in all of these treatments, the overall blood cancer treatment cost in India ranges from INR 37,931 (USD 475) to INR 21,98,980 (USD 27,537), with an average expense of INR 10,93,461 (USD 13,693).

Apart from the cancer stage, patients’ age, recommended therapies, and location of the hospital, the treatment plan suggested by your oncologist also plays a role in the cost of blood cancer therapy. For example, blood cancer treatment cost in Mumbai ranges from INR 44,000 (USD 567) to INR 22,00,000 (USD 28,363). However, blood cancer treatment costs in Delhi start from around INR 40,000 (USD 515). This cost should only be used as an indicative cost.

Read on to know how much it costs to treat different types of blood cancer in India.

Types of blood cancers treated in India and their cost

Mainly there are 3 types of blood cancer which are the most common when discussing this condition. So we have listed them all.,

1. LEUKEMIA

Types of Leukemia	Cost Estimation
Acute Myeloid Leukemia	This condition arises when there is cancer in the myeloid lining of blood cells. Acute myeloid leukemia treatment cost in India starts from INR 12,75,939 ( USD 18,000).cost
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia	It is characterized by the unregulated growth of myeloid cells in the bone marrow, which gets accumulated in your bloodstream. The cost of treatment is INR 17,06,419 (USD 22,000).
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia	In this, large numbers of immature lymphocytes are developed in the lymphoid line of your blood cells and treatment costs start from around INR 12,41,032 (USD 16,000).
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia	Bone marrow accumulates too many lymphocytes, which leads to this condition, for which the treatment cost starts from INR 775645 (USD 10,000).
Bone Marrow Transplant	Bone marrow transplant is one of the major treatments for all blood cancer & it might be applied depending on the case. So the average cost of the treatment if it is used is INR 13,57,378 (USD 17,500).

2. LYMPHOMA

Following are the types of Lymphoma and the estimation of the cost of lymphoma treatment cost in India:

Types of Lymphoma	Cost Estimation
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma	It is a cancer of the lymphatic system with the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells. Hodgkin’s lymphoma treatment cost starts from around ₹13,96,161 ($18,000).
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma	Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is characterized by an abnormal rise in lymphocytes. Treatment cost in India starts from around INR 17,06,419 ($22,000).
Bone Marrow Transplant	Bone marrow transplant is one of the major treatments for lymphoma. Depending on the type of transplant, the price varies but the average bone marrow transplant cost in India is around INR 13,57,378 (USD 17,500).

3. MYELOMA

Type of Myeloma

Cost Estimation

Multiple Myeloma

Plasma cells produce antibodies to fight infections in the body. When these cells multiply incorrectly, a person is diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma treatment cost in India is around INR 10,08,986 (USD 13,000).

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Best blood cancer treatment in India

Given below are all the best treatments for blood cancer in India that patients worldwide can avail.

A. Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy treatment is very effective, as surgery is not an option in the case of blood cancer. The cancer cells are destroyed in the bloodstream. But in this process, healthy cells get destroyed as well.

So to counter this drawback, chemotherapy is given in combination with other therapies. A bone marrow transplant is performed to restore the healthy cells in your body that have been destroyed by chemotherapy.

The average cost of Chemotherapy in India: INR 18,000/session (USD 231)

B. Radiation therapy

Radiation Therapy is total body irradiation used if the patient requires Haploidentical BMT. They must be completely free of any cancer cells before the transplant.

The average cost of Radiation Therapy in India: INR 11,00,000 (USD 14,172)

C. Bone Marrow Transplant

The Bone Marrow Transplant cost in India starts from INR 10,00,000 (USD 12,884) , which may go up to ₹15,00,000 (USD 19,326) depending upon the specific type of bone marrow transplant you are recommended.

Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant – In this, before giving you chemotherapy doses, your healthy stem cells are extracted. Once your cancerous cells are destroyed, the extracted stem cells are put back in your body. The cost of this bone marrow transplant process is the lowest in its category as there is no involvement of any donor.
Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant – This bone marrow transplant is slightly different. The stem cells are extracted from another person who has a 10/10 HLA match with the patient (preferably a sibling). Due to this, the Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant cost will be slightly more than the above-mentioned BMT.

D. Targeted therapy

There are cases where targeted therapy is needed to be combined with chemotherapy to target the cancer-promoting cells in your body specifically.

Note: Bone Marrow Transplant is used on leukemia patients to restore their healthy bone marrow. Before you undergo a bone marrow transplant in any good blood cancer hospital in India, there will be various procedures you need to follow. However, once you are done with those, you can now have a bone marrow transplant to save your life from leukemia. Therefore, the total expenses of blood cancer treatment in India are directly proportional to the type of bone marrow transplant recommended by any best doctor for blood cancer in India.