Originally Posted by
Frank Rizzo
You must have a very understanding doctor. I looked at the plan documents and colonoscopies are specifically exempted. It probably depends if it's routine or diagnostic. $500 for the rest of those procedures are a fraction of what I'd have thought.
It has nothing to do with an understanding doctor, if the procedure is not preventative it is covered under the SWA Regular Plan. In my case my Dad died of colon cancer, so I have a family history that caused the first to be diagnostic. Since then they have been done to keep track of polyps that were discovered. In my wife's case she is diagnosed with IBS, so colos are diagnostic.