| 21. | A sigmoidoscopy costs about $ 200, a colonoscopy $ 1, 200 to $ 1, 500.
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| 22. | Some also will pay for a sigmoidoscopy, which examines only the last 2 feet of the colon.
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| 23. | People expect sigmoidoscopy to be uncomfortable and find the idea of testing their stools distasteful, he said.
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| 24. | Sigmoidoscopies cost about $ 280 on average, compared with about $ 1, 000 for a colonoscopy.
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| 25. | Participants were given chest X-rays for lung cancer and a flexible sigmoidoscopy exam for colon cancer.
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| 26. | His sigmoidoscopy also raised suspicion, leading to a colonoscopy, another follow-up procedure requiring anesthesia.
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| 27. | Fewer still had flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy, both of which are more accurate and are covered by Medicare.
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| 28. | Sigmoidoscopies are carried out in a doctor's office without sedation and generally cost less than $ 200.
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| 29. | Sigmoidoscopy uses a flexible tube inserted through the rectum into the large intestine to detect polyps or cancerous tumors.
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| 30. | The latest attempt to settle the uncertainty compared colonoscopy to a combination of sigmoidoscopy and the fecal blood test.
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