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.