I have a few questions for the experts regarding the cost of sleep studies.
I have a good friend who just went through a sleep study with a follow-up for CPAP titration in addition to the initial and f/u physician visits with Pulm.
The bill for this stuff is insane! Of course the physician fees were as expected for a new patient specialist visit. However, the first sleep study had hospital facility service charges of almost $4,000. I think the f/u for CPAP was somewhere around $2800 but not entirely sure.
Of that initial study it was about $1900 covered by insurance with another $1900 left over as a bill sent to the patient. This is with one of the Blue Cross Blue Shield plans through an employer -- not exactly bad insurance.
Is this normal?
I'm curious for my friend but also very interested in learning more about the costs because I am going into ENT and will certainly be referring many patients for sleep studies in the future. I want to know what I am getting these people into before the bills pile up too high.
Thanks
I have a good friend who just went through a sleep study with a follow-up for CPAP titration in addition to the initial and f/u physician visits with Pulm.
The bill for this stuff is insane! Of course the physician fees were as expected for a new patient specialist visit. However, the first sleep study had hospital facility service charges of almost $4,000. I think the f/u for CPAP was somewhere around $2800 but not entirely sure.
Of that initial study it was about $1900 covered by insurance with another $1900 left over as a bill sent to the patient. This is with one of the Blue Cross Blue Shield plans through an employer -- not exactly bad insurance.
Is this normal?
I'm curious for my friend but also very interested in learning more about the costs because I am going into ENT and will certainly be referring many patients for sleep studies in the future. I want to know what I am getting these people into before the bills pile up too high.
Thanks