Table 3.

Unit costs per person per procedure in 2007 US dollars for screening and complications used as inputs for the MISCAN-Colon model^*

Screening test	Cost, $
Hemoccult II	4.54
Immunochemical FOBT	22.22
Flexible sigmoidoscopy	160.78
Flexible sigmoidoscopy with biopsy	348.19
Colonoscopy without polypectomy	662.00
Colonoscopy with polypectomy or biopsy	846.00
Treatment of complications with screening
Perforation	12 446
Serosal burn	5208
Bleeding with transfusion	5208
Bleeding without transfusion	320

^*Costs reflect Medicare reimbursement rates, including patient co-pays. FOBT = fecal occult blood test.