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.

What it is

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

Is my test, item, or service covered?