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Table 1 Type of FIT/FOBT and Reported Costs from 84 Practice Respondents

From: Source matters: a survey of cost variation for fecal immunochemical tests in primary care

Kit Name

N*

%

Unknown cost, N

Free, N*

Purchase kits

Known Cost, N

Median ($)

Min.

Max.

Hemosure® One-Step iFOBT Test (Hemosure, Inc)

25

(30)

8

6

10a

3.43

0.83

6.41

OC Auto® FIT** (Polymedco)

16

(19)

10

4

2

1.57

1.13

2.00

Insure® FIT (Clinical Genomics)

11

(13)

5

2

3

2.32

1.70

6.00

Hemoccult-ICT® (Beckman Coulter)

10

(12)

7

0

1b

0.99

0.99

0.99

OC-Light® iFOBT Test** (Polymedco)

9

(11)

6

2

1

1.50

  

McKesson Consult® FOBT

3

(4)

0

1

2

3.44

0.88

6.00

Seracult®

2

(2)

1

0

1

2.13

  

QuickVue® iFOBT (Quidell)

2

(2)

2

0

0

   

Lochness Medical®

1

(1)

0

0

1

5.00

  

Rapid Response® FIT (BTNX Inc.)

1

(1)

0

0

1

3.75

  

HemaPrompt®

1

(1)

0

0

1

1.41

  

Unknown

11

(13)

11

0

0

   

Overall

84

(100)

44

13

27

3.04

0.83

6.41

  1. aOne outlier ($18.40) omitted, and b: Two outliers ($17.00 and $30.00 omitted); as detailed in “Methods” these responses likely include processing or are the cost per box rather than cost per unit
  2. *Note that FIT numbers do not add to the total because clinics could report multiple FIT types
  3. **USPSTF evidence review identified this FIT with adequate data to support high sensitivity and specificity