Joy Kong, MDRegenerative Medicine Physician, Educator, and Entrepreneur

Is the Cost of Regenerative Medicine Worth It?

28 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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A short interview-style segment from a YouTube video (hosted/created by Joy Kong, MD) discussing whether the cost of regenerative medicine is justified. Speakers compare recurring costs of cosmetic treatments (example: $750 per Botox session repeated quarterly) with one-time or longer-lasting regenerative biologic treatments (allogenic or autologous allografts) that may delay joint replacement. The clinician cites clinical trials, case series, and observational research showing improvement in pain and function from biologics.

Questions this video answers

$750 per session

Every quarter

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Let's talk about the cost, because that's one main concern that patients have is that was so expensive. When is it going to be available for average folks like me? So what do you say to that?
Well, let's just compare apples to apples. All right. The same people that are saying, when's it going to be affordable to me? Are paying $750 for Botox, Botox that you have to repeat every quarter. Right. Versus an allergenic allograft or an autologous allograft that might forestall joint replacement. We have very good clinical trials, case series, observational research showing that biologics, in particular allogenic biologics, are dramatically improving both quality of life functional pain scores and function based scores.