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What A Pain: One In Eight Colonoscopy Patients Receive 'Surprise' Bill After Procedure

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Colonoscopies screen for colon cancer, which affects 150,000 people per year in the United States. Currently, the American Cancer Society recommends that adults begin having colonoscopies at age 45, as a part of routine cancer screening. UPI reports a new study says nearly one in eight people with private health insurance receive a 'surprise' bill after undergoing an elective colonoscopy. Researchers at the Universities of Michigan and Virginia say the average amount of these charges was more than $400. The researchers say the bills often came because of the use of out-of-network anesthesiologists and out-of-network pathologists.

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