Baptist Health wants to help current and former smokers make sure they stay cancer free. A low-dose CT lung cancer screening is a safe and quick way to detect lung cancer early, when it's most treatable. This non-invasive simple screening is covered by Medicare and most commercial insurance plans. For patients who do not meet the criteria, it is available for a self-pay rate of $170 ($110 for the low-dose CT lung cancer screening and $60 for the radiologist).
Please consider this important screening if you:
- are between 50 and 77 years old.
- have a 20 pack-year history of smoking or more (this means 1 pack a day for 20 years, 2 packs a day for 10 years, etc).
- are a current smoker or have quit within the last 15 years.
I believe I meet the requirements for a lung cancer screening and would like to request an appointment with a Baptist Primary Care physician to discuss further.
