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Women ages 35 to 39: One baseline mammogram (one time only)

Women ages 40 and older: One screening mammogram every 12 months (1 year)

If medically needed, Medicare Part B covers diagnostic mammograms more than once a year. You would pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount after meeting any Part B deductibles.

Most women at average risk: One pelvic exam and Pap test every 2 years.

Women at high-risk or who are of child-bearing age and have had an abnormal Pap test in the last 3 years: One pelvic exam and Pap test every 12 months (1 year).

Women ages 30 through 65 with no HPV symptoms: In addition to above, one HPV co-test (with Pap test) every 5 years.

People age 45 and over at average risk for colorectal cancer:

• One multi-target stool DNA (mt-sDNA) test every 3 years (until age 85) for those with no colorectal symptoms*
• One fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or fecal immunochemical test (FIT) every 12 months (needs a referral from a healthcare provider)*
• One flexible sigmoidoscopy every 4 years, or 10 years after a prior screening colonoscopy**
• One screening colonoscopy every 10 years, or 4 years after a prior flexible sigmoidoscopy** (regardless of age)
• One CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every 5 years, or 4 years after a prior flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy*
• One blood-based biomarker test every 3 years (until age 85) for those with no colorectal symptoms*

People age 45 and over and at high risk for colorectal cancer:

• One CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every 2 years**
• One screening colonoscopy every 2 years** (regardless of age)

*If you have a non-invasive stool-based screening test (FOBT, FIT, or mt-sDNA test) or blood-based test and have an abnormal result, you are also covered for a follow-up colonoscopy.

**If your doctor finds and removes a lesion or growth during your flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy screening, you pay 15% of the Medicare-approved amount for your doctors' services. In a hospital outpatient setting or ambulatory surgical center, you also pay the facility a 15% coinsurance amount. In these cases, the Part B deductible doesn’t apply.

People ages 50 to 77 who either currently smoke or have quit in the last 15 years, and have a tobacco smoking history of at least 20 pack years [average 1 pack (20 cigarettes) per day for 20 years]: One low-dose computed tomography (CT) scan every year.

To be eligible for a low-dose CT scan for lung cancer screening, you must also have an order from your healthcare provider and have no signs or symptoms of lung cancer.

Men over age 50:

• One digital rectal exam (DRE)* every 12 months
  and
• One prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test every 12 months

*For the digital rectal exam (DRE), you pay 20% of the Medicare-approved amount for a yearly DRE and doctor services, after your Part B deductible is met. In a hospital outpatient setting, you also pay a separate hospital visit copay.

If you get the PSA blood test from a non-Medicare provider, you may have to pay an additional fee for the healthcare provider’s services but not for the blood test.

If you use tobacco: Up to 8 smoking and tobacco cessation counseling sessions in a 12-month period.

If you have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more: One-time BMI screening, and counseling sessions to help with weight loss. These sessions include a review of your diet followed by advice on healthy eating and physical activity. The counseling must take place in a primary care setting, like the healthcare provider’s office.