did a home sleep study

[zim]

i wore a little device on my chest while i slept for a night. the results were inconclusive because apparently the data wasn't great or something so they want me to do an in office study instead.

they charged me 1700 dollars

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Murican healthcare

[Verbal]

irelands healthcare system is not good. but americas is completely indefensible and i would be afraid to live there because of it

[vO)))id]

Wtf zim....

[Noyka]

Talk to me if they try to pull this shit again. Im not in your state but Im experienced with sleep medicine as a patient with myself, my brother, and my dad.

I would have told you ask for a sleep study in a facility. At home is cheaper but is prone to issues.

In facility a good doctor will ask for a dual test. First half to show you have sleep apnea the next half to see your pressure/mask combo. They will tweak based on home machine data from there.

There is a backlog for machines Ive been trying to get my updated one since March.

[Ryeknow]

Zim and sleep, a love/hate affair

[zim]

when i did the home test i only slept for 6 hours and i woke up a lot mostly because of fiddling with the device. the nose pressure thing kept falling out and what not. the doc said the device didn't detect any moments where i stopped breathing but maybe i didn't sleep long enough uninterrupted for it to be detected

i've been getting discounts for not having insurance so hopefully they'll work with me a little. i've got the money for the bill, just sucks that it's so high but it's still cheaper actually than paying for insurance. my yearly insurance plan would cost $3600 out of pocket with a $7000 deductible so it's actually more cost effective for me to just pay out of pocket for any doctor visits/meds unless a random expensive procedure/med pops up.

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Zim and sleep, a love/hate affair

They just can't quit each other

[Noyka]

when i did the home test i only slept for 6 hours and i woke up a lot mostly because of fiddling with the device. the nose pressure thing kept falling out and what not. the doc said the device didn't detect any moments where i stopped breathing but maybe i didn't sleep long enough uninterrupted for it to be detected

i've been getting discounts for not having insurance so hopefully they'll work with me a little. i've got the money for the bill, just sucks that it's so high but it's still cheaper actually than paying for insurance. my yearly insurance plan would cost $3600 out of pocket with a $7000 deductible so it's actually more cost effective for me to just pay out of pocket for any doctor visits/meds unless a random expensive procedure/med pops up.

If you end up getting a cpap you may see havibg insurance is cheaper dme is a fucking racket in the us.

Id look into catastrophic you should be able to get a free state ine since you currently dont have a job my surprise surgery was 15k plus hospital stay. The room alone 10k.