Table 2

Cost of colonoscopy (in US$) including reprocessing, capital cost and repair cost by varying number of colonoscopes and annual number of procedures

Annual number of procedures
		1000	1200	1400	1600	1800	2000	2200	2400	2600	2800	3000	3200	3400	3600
Number of colonoscopes available	5	255.73	218.51	191.92	171.98	156.47	144.06	133.91	125.45	118.29	112.15	106.84	102.18	98.08	94.43
	6	272.10	232.14	203.61	182.21	165.56	152.24	141.35	132.27	124.58	118.00	112.29	107.30	102.89	98.97
	7	288.46	245.78	215.29	192.43	174.65	160.42	148.78	139.08	130.88	123.84	117.74	112.41	107.70	103.52
	8	304.82	259.41	226.98	202.66	183.74	68.60	156.22	145.90	137.17	129.69	123.20	117.52	112.52	108.06
	9	321.18	273.05	238.67	212.88	192.83	176.78	163.66	152.72	143.46	135.53	128.65	122.64	117.33	112.61
	10	337.54	286.68	250.36	223.11	201.92	184.97	171.09	159.54	149.76	141.37	134.11	127.75	122.14	117.15
	11	353.90	300.32	262.04	233.34	211.01	193.15	178.53	166.35	156.05	147.22	139.56	132.86	126.95	121.70
	12	370.27	313.95	273.73	243.56	220.10	201.33	185.97	173.17	162.34	153.06	145.01	137.98	131.76	126.24
	13	386.63	327.59	285.42	253.79	229.19	209.51	193.41	179.99	168.63	158.90	150.47	143.09	136.58	130.79
	14	402.99	341.22	297.10	264.01	238.28	217.69	200.84	186.81	174.93	164.75	155.92	148.20	141.39	135.33
	15	419.35	354.86	308.79	274.24	247.37	225.87	208.28	193.62	181.22	170.59	161.38	153.31	146.20	139.88
	16	435.71	368.49	320.48	284.47	256.46	234.05	215.72	200.44	187.51	176.43	166.83	158.43	151.01	144.42
	17	452.07	382.13	332.16	294.69	265.55	242.23	223.16	207.26	193.81	182.28	172.28	163.54	155.83	148.97
	18	468.44	395.76	343.85	304.92	274.64	250.41	230.59	214.08	200.10	188.12	177.74	168.65	160.64	153.51
	19	484.80	409.40	355.54	315.14	283.73	258.59	238.03	220.89	206.39	193.96	183.19	173.77	165.45	158.06
	20	501.16	423.03	367.23	325.37	292.82	266.77	245.47	227.71	212.69	199.81	188.65	178.88	170.26	162.60
	21	517.52	436.67	378.91	335.60	301.91	274.96	252.90	234.53	218.98	205.65	194.10	183.99	175.07	167.15
	22	533.88	450.30	390.60	345.82	311.00	283.14	260.34	241.34	225.27	211.49	199.55	189.11	179.89	171.69
	23	550.25	463.94	402.29	356.05	320.09	291.32	267.78	248.16	231.56	217.34	205.01	194.22	184.70	176.24
	24	566.61	477.57	413.97	366.28	329.18	299.50	275.22	254.98	237.86	223.18	210.46	199.33	189.51	180.78
	25	582.97	491.21	425.66	376.50	338.27	307.68	282.65	261.80	244.15	229.02	215.92	204.45	194.32	185.33
	26	599.33	504.84	437.35	386.73	347.36	315.86	290.09	268.61	250.44	234.87	221.37	209.56	199.14	189.87
	27	615.69	518.48	449.03	396.95	356.45	324.04	297.53	275.43	256.74	240.71	226.82	214.67	203.95	194.42
	28	632.05	532.11	460.72	407.18	365.54	332.22	304.96	282.25	263.03	246.56	232.28	219.78	208.76	198.96
	29	648.42	545.75	472.41	417.41	374.63	340.40	312.40	289.07	269.32	252.40	237.73	224.90	213.57	203.51
	30	664.78	559.38	484.10	427.63	383.72	348.58	319.84	295.88	275.62	258.24	243.19	230.01	218.39	208.05
	31	681.14	573.01	495.78	437.86	392.81	356.76	327.28	302.70	281.91	264.09	248.64	235.12	223.20	212.60
	32	697.50	586.65	507.47	448.08	401.90	364.95	334.71	309.52	288.20	269.93	254.09	240.24	228.01	217.14
	33	713.86	600.28	519.16	458.31	410.99	373.13	342.15	316.34	294.49	275.77	259.55	245.35	232.82	221.69
	34	730.23	613.92	530.84	468.54	420.08	381.31	349.59	323.15	300.79	281.62	265.00	250.46	237.63	226.23
	35	746.59	627.55	542.53	478.76	429.17	389.49	357.02	329.97	307.08	287.46	270.45	255.58	242.45	230.78

The blue area indicates that the per-procedure cost has exceeded US$200. All estimates are minimum estimates and do not include cost of treatment due to postendoscopic infection (per-procedure cost of device-related infection ranges between US$20.12 and US$46.52). Costs related to repair and reprocessing will inevitably increase at high-volume facilities with high-volume colonoscopes.