The United States spends more than $40 billion annually on initial cancer screenings, with almost two-thirds of this amount attributed to screening for colorectal cancers, according to a peer-reviewed study.
In the study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Aug. 6, researchers analyzed data from national health care surveys, and found that the “total health care system costs for initial cancer screenings in the United States in 2021 were estimated at $43 billion.”
“Approximately 88.3 percent of costs were attributable to private insurance; 8.5 percent to Medicare; and 3.2 percent to Medicaid, other government programs, and uninsured persons,” according to the study.
Roughly 64 percent of the total cost of cancer screenings was for colorectal cancer. Facility costs—the payments to centers conducting the tests—were found to be a major driver of cancer screening expenses. […]
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