After the National Lung Screening Trial outcomes, lung cancer screening programmers have spread more widely in the US. We set out to examine the cost effects of the advanced registered nurse practitioner-led programmers for pulmonary nodule clinics, tobacco cessation services, and screening for lung cancer and other tobacco-related diseases. Programmer run by a nurse practitioner. Expenses for professional services, professional procedures, and facility charges for both outpatient and inpatient procedures were questioned during encounters. Using data tables and the national Medicare conversion factor, revenue was normalized. A Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology Division, as well as a healthcare system, may benefit from nurse practitioner-led programmers of lung cancer screening, incidental pulmonary nodules, and tobacco-cessation services. The cost directly related to the compensation (and benefits) of a nurse practitioner at the current national median annual wage may be neutral or negative within some programmers. The division and institution, however, may reap the greater financial advantage. The review of newly discovered diseases and subsequent evaluations tend to be related to this possible additional revenue.
