Does cyberknife have medical insurance?

Some cyberknife treatment centers in China can be reimbursed through medical insurance, but patients need to consult the local medical insurance department in advance to learn more about the situation. Cyberknife is a kind of radiotherapy. During the treatment, the doctor will give the patient 1 to 5 times irradiation according to the patient's physical condition and tumor size, which can kill the tumor tissue.

Cyberknife has the advantages of no trauma, no pain, no bleeding, no anesthesia and short recovery period, so it is very popular with tumor patients. Cyberknife treatment is expensive, so many people can't afford it. So, can cyberknife treatment be reimbursed? Are you covered by medical insurance? Let's take a look.

Cyberknife is one of the most advanced radiotherapy systems for nervous system tumors and lesions in the world. It is the only system that uses the human skeleton structure as the target to locate the target, and it is also the only automatic stereotactic radiotherapy system that can cure spinal and spinal cord injuries. The flexible and accurate treatment features of cyberknife make it possible to treat intracranial injuries such as meningioma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma that are difficult to reach with conventional equipment, so cyberknife can treat tumors in most organs and tissues of the whole body.

Cyberknife has a wide range of indications, from head tumors to systemic tumors, from benign tumors to malignant tumors. Cyberknife can treat the following diseases in detail, intracranial malignant tumor.

Astrocytoma, skull base tumor, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, other malignant tumors, oligodendroglioma, glioma, metastatic tumor and glioblastoma; Intracranial benign tumors: acoustic neuroma, schwannoma, other benign tumors, juvenile angiofibroma, meningioma, pituitary adenoma, hemangioblastoma; Vascular deformation.

Dysfunction of arteriovenous vascular deformation and cavernous vascular deformation: extracranial tumors of trigeminal neuralgia: tumors of neck, lung, pancreas, liver, kidney, neck, chest, lumbar spinal cord and prostate.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) social insurance law

Twenty-sixth basic medical insurance for employees, new rural cooperative medical care and basic medical insurance for urban residents shall be implemented in accordance with state regulations.

Twenty-seventh individuals who participate in the basic medical insurance for employees, when they reach the statutory retirement age, will no longer pay the basic medical insurance premium after retirement and enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits in accordance with state regulations; Those who have not reached the fixed number of years prescribed by the state may pay the fees to the fixed number of years prescribed by the state.

Twenty-eighth medical expenses that meet the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnosis and treatment items, medical service facilities standards and emergency treatment and rescue shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with state regulations.

Twenty-ninth medical expenses of the insured shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund, and shall be directly settled by the social insurance agency, medical institutions and pharmaceutical business units.

The administrative department of social insurance and the administrative department of health shall establish a settlement system for medical expenses in different places to facilitate the insured to enjoy the basic medical insurance benefits.

Thirtieth the following medical expenses are not included in the basic medical insurance fund payment scope:

(a) shall be paid by the industrial injury insurance fund;

(2) It shall be borne by a third party;

(three) shall be borne by public health;

(4) Go abroad for medical treatment.

Medical expenses that should be borne by a third party according to law. If the third party is unable to pay or cannot determine the third party, the basic medical insurance fund will pay in advance. After the basic medical insurance fund pays in advance, it has the right to recover from the third party.