I went to my initial appointment last week and it went well. I passed the psych eval, and will schedule my next 5 nutrition / diet visits with the surgeon's office. One thing that bothered me though is that the PA requested that I participate in a sleep study (mainly, I assume, because I wrote on my new patient information form that I occasionally snore).

After checking my insurance info, it appears it will cost me over $600 for the study! Now I'm wondering if I should discuss this with the surgeon's office. I rarely snore, do not have sleep apnea, plus I had a surgery about 3 years ago and had no problems during surgery or with the anesthesia.

Should I discuss this with the surgeon's office, or is it fairly common for patients to participate in the sleep study as required by the insurance company (I have Anthem BCBS/Kentucky).

Thanks!

Pretty common. Ask if they will accept an overnight oximetry instead. It is $40 out of pocket without insurance for most independent testing companies (instant diagnostic systems, virtuox) and although it won't establish an apnea hypopnea index it will show the correlation between your heart rate and your desaturations.

Great suggestion. Thank you so much!

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Ehh I had to have a sleep study- and I do not snore and never have. I think they do it to cover their butts - mine was 100% covered by insurance tho so it wasn't a bother and they did it with a company who sent the stuff to my house and I just slept with it on for three nights and sent it back in

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I go this Wednesday night for my sleep study. No one mentioned a price to me so I'm assuming my insurance is covering it.

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I went to my initial appointment last week and it went well. I passed the psych eval, and will schedule my next 5 nutrition / diet visits with the surgeon's office. One thing that bothered me though is that the PA requested that I participate in a sleep study (mainly, I assume, because I wrote on my new patient information form that I occasionally snore).

After checking my insurance info, it appears it will cost me over $600 for the study! Now I'm wondering if I should discuss this with the surgeon's office. I rarely snore, do not have sleep apnea, plus I had a surgery about 3 years ago and had no problems during surgery or with the anesthesia.

Should I discuss this with the surgeon's office, or is it fairly common for patients to participate in the sleep study as required by the insurance company (I have Anthem BCBS/Kentucky).

Thanks!

Just because you dont snore much doesnt mean you dont have sleep apnea. I would only snore when sick, but i took one of those self diagnostic quizes and scored fairly high. I asked my pcp at my next visit and she ordered a sleep study. During my study i dtopped breathing 50+ times an hour and my o2 stat dropped as low as 68%.

Its possible you could have central or complex sleep apnea instead of obstructive

I did mine at home

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So I had to do a sleep study as well. The purpose is to make sure that you do not need a Cpap machine for surgery. My insurance did not cover it either. BUT I found a place that let me do an at home sleep study where you pick up the equipment the day of and return it the next morning. This cost $250. Still a lot of money but less than $600.

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Why do you say that about yourself.... You have a very kind face. To the high-functioning man. From the "full figured" girl in Seattle. Thank you for the information. I'm having gastric bypass surgery in December.

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I would ask your surgeon especially since you have had anesthesia in past. I do not have snoring or sleep problem but had not gone under. I did not have sleep apnea and told them I would prefer to avoid sleep study. Didn't have one wasn't required did fine.

I was told by the surgeon's office that they just want to make sure I don't have sleep apnea, which apparently comes in different forms, not just where you stop breathing. They said a home study would probably suffice and as long as my PCP approves, it'll be fine.

I'm meeting with my PCP this week so we'll see how it goes.

Thanks for the helpful feedback, everyone!

I had to do 2 sleep studies that totaled out to be 300. I'm paying monthly at $20 until after surgery when I can afford to pay more. and I have to pay $200 on Friday to get my cpap machine.

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