Posted: 4/25/2010 5:03:16 AM EDT
| Whats it normally cost to have a sleep study done if you're uninsured? Also, if you know you have sleep apnea already, is there anyway you can just buy the cpap machine that auto adjusts? I dont have insurance through my work, and believe i need to go for a sleep study. |
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I just had one done at Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota. The sleep study cost $3,937.83 afterwards consultation $285.00
CPAP machine cost between $1,300.00 - $1,600.00 One month consultation with fallow up. I have not bought my machine yet! I, too, am looking for a used one, or a better price. I know with Mayo Clinic you have to pay for the NAME, and services. I will do a Google search. I have a prescription for a cpap. Feel free to add comments! The people I talked to like these machines, say they sleep better, and feel rested when they wake up. EDIT to add: I have heard (with insurance 80% / 20%) RENTAL per month of a CPAP machine is around $90.00... |
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Quoted: I just had one done at Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota. The sleep study cost $3,937.83 afterwards consultation $285.00 CPAP machine cost between $1,300.00 - $1,600.00 One month consultation with fallow up. I have not bought my machine yet! I, too, am looking for a used one, or a better price. I know with Mayo Clinic you have to pay for the NAME, and services. I will do a Google search. I have a prescription for a cpap. Feel free to add comments! The people I talked to like these machines, say they sleep better, and feel rested when they wake up. EDIT to add: I have heard (with insurance 80% / 20%) RENTAL per month of a CPAP machine is around $90.00... Sounds like it would be cheaper to buy a cpap machine and try it out to see if it helps. any danger in that? |
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Typically the pressure would be between 5 and 15cm. Not sure what would happen if you just try out a pressure and see how it goes. I don't think they auto adjust although that would be a cool feature. Ah, just read there is an auto cpap, sounds like it does adjust? |
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When I had my sleep study done about 10 years ago my insurance wouldn't cover it, so I had to pay out of pocket. I paid about $800, mostly because I negotiated a "cash price". I did have a specialist that looked over the results, which insurance did cover, so I can't guess as to that cost. But the surprising thing was that I didn't need a CPAP machine. My problems were nasal and throat related. I had corrective surgery performed instead (turbinate work, deviated septum straightened). I might have to have some trimming done on my soft palate in the future, but for now the surgery has worked absolute wonders.
My advice is to get a sleep study and find out what you really need. A CPAP machine for me would have been a waste of time and money. |
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I just had one done at Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota. The sleep study cost $3,937.83 afterwards consultation $285.00 CPAP machine cost between $1,300.00 - $1,600.00 One month consultation with fallow up. I have not bought my machine yet! I, too, am looking for a used one, or a better price. I know with Mayo Clinic you have to pay for the NAME, and services. I will do a Google search. I have a prescription for a cpap. Feel free to add comments! The people I talked to like these machines, say they sleep better, and feel rested when they wake up. EDIT to add: I have heard (with insurance 80% / 20%) RENTAL per month of a CPAP machine is around $90.00... Sounds like it would be cheaper to buy a cpap machine and try it out to see if it helps. any danger in that? You need a prescription from a doc to buy. And you do need to know what your "pressure" setting are. My study in a local sleep lab hospital was $3200 a night. I had to go twice. Luckly I had better insurance then than I do now. Machine was 2K but mine has the cutoff when you exhale. Pressure drops and much easier to sleep with. |