FEBRUARY 8, 2016

A precolonoscopy office visit costs about 123 dollars: Is it worth it?

Frederick Gandolfo, MD:

"Your primary care doctor has been nagging you for years. Your wife and brother seem to be in on the scheme too. Every once and a while one of your coworkers even says (with a chuckle) “C’mon Bob, you’re fifty-seven, you really need to get it done!"

OK, enough,” you finally say, “I’ll go for a colonoscopy!” So at your next visit you ask your primary doctor how to set it up and he gives you the name of a local