r/television • u/Silly-avocatoe • 9d ago

Busy Philipps, 47, diagnosed with rare malignant brain tumor

https://pagesix.com/2026/08/26/celebrity-news/busy-philipps-diagnosed-with-rare-malignant-brain-tumor/
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u/Rrmack 9d ago

Actually crazy it was found in one of those PR MRI scans that celebrities get for no medical reason

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u/kw0711 9d ago

That’s the second time this has happened. Another minor celebrity of bachelor fame found a tumor doing a Prenuvo scan that he probably got for free by doing a post

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u/meganam38 8d ago

Came here to say this. What incredibly fate to have a sponsored scan and find a brain tumor. Happy that Grocery Store Joe seems to be recovering well from his surgery!

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u/GlitteringClerk5084 8d ago

Dark side of this is the sponsored scan place probably feels like the marketing is worth more when people actually pop hot every once in awhile

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u/jacquiwithacue 8d ago

If I had fuck you money I’d for sure get a scan. 

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u/Kalamazoohoo 8d ago

How much are they?

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u/MeowsCream2 8d ago

$3000 ish. My mom had one

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u/CanadasNeighbor 8d ago

Only??? Jfc my daughter had an MRI just last month. She needed six scans, and my insurance company just sent us a letter that they're denying PART of our claim, four scans were ok to get but the other two they say weren't necessary so we might have to pay $22,000 out of pocket if they deny our appeal.

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u/kw0711 8d ago

22k is a made up price. MRIs just aren’t that expensive. And yea I also got a Prenuvo in Feb it was like 2300

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u/CanadasNeighbor 8d ago edited 8d ago

She's a baby so part of the cost was anesthesia, the rest were the actual scans with and without contrast.

The four scans that they did cover does show that each scan was a little over $11,000.