Multi-target stool DNA tests (screening)

Medicare covers at-home multi-target stool DNA tests once every 3 years if you meet all of these conditions:

You’re between 45-85.
You show no symptoms of colorectal disease including, but not limited to:
- Lower gastrointestinal pain
- Blood in stool
- Positive guaiac fecal occult blood test or fecal immunochemical test
You’re at average risk for developing colorectal cancer, meaning:
- You have no personal history of adenomatous polyps, colorectal cancer, or inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis).
- You have no family history of colorectal cancers or adenomatous polyps, familial adenomatous polyposis, or hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.

Your costs in Original Medicare

You pay nothing for these tests if your doctor or other health care provider accepts
assignment
.
If you get a positive result after a multi-target stool DNA screening test, Medicare also covers a follow-up colonoscopy as a screening test.

Multi-target stool DNA screening tests use stool samples to look for signs of colon cancer.