If they find something suspicious during the colonoscopy, they won't bill it as a free screening anymore and you'll be on the hook for it. Ask me how I know.
No regrets about getting screened though. It saved my life.
Sorry, I meant: if you do a non-colonscopy screening first and they find something, the follow up colonscopy isn't covered as preventive. And the non-colonscopy screenings have a higher false positive rate than a colonscopy screening.
Good to know. I was just adding to what you said that even if you don't get a positive result before a colonoscopy, the colonoscopy might not be covered as preventative care. Insurance just really doesn't want to cover it.
No regrets about getting screened though. It saved my life.