sleep study?

[brighteyes0919 0]

How much does it cost? Will insurance cover it? Did your insurance cover it?

I'm afraid it will be too expensive :wink2:

[ParrotheadCathy 0]

Yeah, they're expensive but insurance should cover it. You might take the precaution of making absolutely sure that whatever doctor makes the referral is covered by your insurance! My lap band surgery wasn't covered by insurance but my PCP made all the referrals for my pre-op testing and everything was covered except for a couple of co-pays. I didn't pay ANYTHING for the sleep study.

[DizzyLizzy 21]

How much does it cost? Will insurance cover it? Did your insurance cover it?

I'm afraid it will be too expensive :wink2:

I had to have two done and they billed $2,000 - $3500. With my insurance plan, I had to pay 20% of that and I was NOT happy. I was actully ticked that they made me get it done the first time, and when they found I had very, I mean very mild sleep apnea (like 5 and under is normal, mine scored 6) my surgeon made me go back for a 2nd one for the titration study and is making me get a CPAP machine. UGH! With having to pay 20% of my medical bills, I've racked up a good $4,000 of out of pocket expenses just for the testing alone. And my insurance is not covering the surgery, so I have to pay for that out of pocket as well. I tell people I'm putting a brand new car in my belly!

[adagray 1]

I had to have two sleep studies and they were about $3000 each. My insurance covered most of it. I had to pay 10% so a total of $600 for the two studies. If you have your sleep studies in the same year as your surgery, it may not really matter what they cost because you will probably reach your 'max coinsurance' or 'max out of pocket' for that year. For example, my max out of pocket is $2000 for the year. If you take 10% of 25,000 which is roughly what my surgeon charges, then that comes to $2500 that I would need to pay for my surgery, but since my max out of pocket is $2000, my insurance picks up 100% of all remaining bills after I've paid $2000. So, since I paid $600 for those sleep studies earlier this year, I only have to pay $1400 for the surgery (less any other payments I've made this year). So, the sleep studies didn't really 'cost' me anything additional. I hope this makes sense. Insurance is so confusing, but check what your max out of pocket is because its likely that this is the total amount you will end up paying for everything in the end (as long as you do it all in the same year).