WSJ followed refractory cancer patients flying to Shanghai for CAR-T.
China: $150K–$230K
US: $550K–$850K
One hospital, SinoUnited, has treated three dozen patients from 12 countries since 2023. Its founder says most are now cancer-free. It’s just a single center's own count, with no published follow-up.
Those outcomes sit in no registry, and nobody has funded the study that would check them.
Patients with refractory cancer seeking treatment with engineered T cells (CAR T) are going to China where the cost is considerably less
China $150-300K
US $550-800K