Medicare – Preventive service – Lung cancer screenings

Preventive service – Lung cancer screenings
Medicare covers lung cancer screenings with low dose computed tomography
once per year if you meet these updated conditions:

• You’re 50–77.
• You don’t have signs or symptoms of lung cancer (you’re asymptomatic).
• You’re either a current smoker or you quit smoking within the last 15 years.
• You have a tobacco smoking history of at least 20 “pack years” (an average of
one pack—20 cigarettes—per day for 20 years).
• You get an order from your doctor.

You pay nothing for this service if your doctor accepts assignment.
Note: Before your first lung cancer screening, you’ll need to schedule an
appointment with your doctor to discuss the benefits and risks of lung cancer
screening. You and your doctor can decide whether a lung cancer screening is
right for you.