It usually takes less than an hour, even with waiting time. You owe it to yourself and your family to protect your health. Money Money can be a very big barrier in mammography screening. Mammography is expensive. Women covered by Medicare must pay a deductible.
Organizations sometimes provide financial help.
Unions and employers often sponsor free mammograms. Hospital and community health fairs often provide free screening. Also, most state health departments now provide screening to uninsured women. Most of us have a hard time understanding what cancer statistics really mean. The risk of developing breast cancer over the lifetime was described as one in nine just a few years ago.